Posts Tagged ‘Black History’
ABHM Discounted Tours
Bring history to life with an unforgettable guided experience at America’s Black Holocaust Museum! Our developmentally informed tours—designed for learners from elementary through college—offer 45 minutes to one hour of powerful, interactive learning that deepens understanding and sparks meaningful conversation.
Read MoreRevolutionary Fighter For Black Liberation Assata Shakur Dies At 78
Assata Shakur, Black Liberationist, has died at 78. Her life, fight for justice, and enduring legacy continue to spark debate worldwide.
Read MoreWalking Tour: Stories of Strength – Honoring Black Milwaukeeans
Explore Milwaukee’s rich Black history on the “Stories of Strength” walking tour, presented by the Forest Home Historic Preservation Association. The tour highlights influential figures such as Susanna & Sully Watson, early settlers and entrepreneurs; Matilda & Louis Hughes, co-founders of St. Mark AME Church; Catherine & Ezekiel Gillespie, voting rights advocates; George Marshall Clark, a barber and lynching victim; and Ardie & Wilbur Halyard, founders of Columbia Savings & Loan.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: Thirty Years a Slave by Louis Hughes
We are pleased to announce ABHM’s September’s Book of the Month: Thirty Years a Slave by Louis Hughes. We invite you to join us for a virtual discussion on Zoom.
Read MoreIreland’s ‘untold black history’ focus of exhibition
A new exhibit reveals the often untold Black heritage of Northern Ireland throughout time, from Vikings to World War II.
Read MoreA Mecca for Black History Turns 100
The usually quiet library welcomed a joyful celebration and recognition for a century of honoring Black culture and history.
Read MoreFilm Screening: Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
Join us for a powerful screening of Fannie Lou Hamer’s America, a documentary that brings the voice of a civil rights legend to the forefront — raw, unfiltered, and more relevant than ever. Through archival footage, the film paints a vivid picture of her fight for justice, equity, and dignity in the face of deep systemic oppression.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: Great Speeches By Frederick Douglass
As part of our Civic Season programming, explore Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass, a powerful collection of oratory by one of America’s most influential abolitionists and political thinkers. Featuring landmark speeches like “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” and “Self-Made Men,” this volume highlights Douglass’s unmatched eloquence and enduring calls for justice, equality, and individual empowerment during a defining era in American history.
Read MoreNikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History
The creator of the 1619 Project discusses how the president wants to hide the Black history that she and others have worked so hard to reveal.
Read MoreIbram X. Kendi on Tour: Malcom Lives!
America’s Black Holocaust Museum, Niche Book Bar, and Boswell Books host an event with National Book Award winner Dr. Ibram X Kendi, author of books like Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be Antiracist, for his latest work, Malcolm Lives!, a ground-breaking young readers’ narrative biography.
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