Posts Tagged ‘museums’
On a Hill in Alabama, the Lynched Haunt Us
Lynchings are a part of the history of the United States but left out, glossed over or minimized in the history textbooks. The Legacy
Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice bring this history to life and is harder to deny.
America Is Racist. So What Do We Do Now? Activist Lawyer Bryan Stevenson Has Some Answers
Bryan Stevenson has some answers for those who are not sure what to do to change racism in America.
Read MoreWitness a history of racial injustice at two new museums in Alabama and Mississippi
This article is about the anti-lynching and racial injustice museums opening across the country, most notably The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.
Read MoreColin Kaepernick’s Jersey Hangs in the Same Museum as ‘Starry Night’
by Priscilla Frank, HuffPost Black Voices One of the most recent additions to the halls of New York’s Museum of Modern Art is a red San Francisco 49ers jersey. The same jersey worn by Colin Kaepernick between 2011 and 2016. Kaepernick’s sports jersey hangs with four others featured in the ongoing MoMA exhibition “Items: Is Fashion Modern?”, which…
Read MoreConfronting Past, Mississippi Town Erects Emmett Till Museum 60 Years After His Killing
Six decades after the brutal slaying of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, the small Mississippi Delta town where two white men were acquitted of his murder is dedicating a museum to the event credited with helping spark the U.S. civil rights movement.
Read MoreHappy Birthday, ABHM!
America’s Black Holocaust Museum celebrates its first year as a successful virtual museum, revealing American history to an global audience.
Read MoreMilwaukee Newspaper Interviews Reggie Jackson, ABHM President and Head Griot
ABHM’s own president and griot, Reggie Jackson, spoke to a local newspaper about the museum and its mission.
Read MoreHistoric Sites and Black Self-Worth
A new partnership will present exhibits that shed light on the often-hidden history of Black Americans.
Read MoreMuseum of Fine Arts Boston Receives Monumental Boost To African Art Collection
A Boston museum is the new home for an impressive collection of art pieces thanks to a generous donation by a collector.
Read MoreBlack history ‘undertaker’ loses treasures
Financial woes have resulted in one collector of Black history memorabilia losing all that he has worked so hard for.
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