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If you are reaching toward repair and reconciliation, click on the golden links within the captions under the logos of the groups below to connect and learn more.
Racial Repair and Reconciliation: How Can We Achieve Them?
Jan Buchler, who recently retired as the director of a community-based organization, served as a facilitator of one of the diverse dialog groups at the 100th Birthday Celebration for Dr. James Cameron: A Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation. (James Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The 2014 Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation – Live!
I'm holding hands with Virginia Huston, a descendant of Elmer Jackson. She was the first representative of the lynching victims to be at the memorial.
Shaking the Family Tree: My Journey of Recovery, Repair and Renovation
Engene Crawford, center, grandson of lynching victim Anthony Crawford, and his family react during a reconciliation service at Friendship Worship Center Tuesday in Abbeville, S.C. (Mary Ann Chastain  /  AP)
Tour: Racial Repair, Reconciliation And Redemption
Working with young civil rights activists before a demonstration, 1964. New York World-Telegram & Sun photo by Ed Ford. Library of Congress.
Bayard Rustin: Unsung Architect of the Civil Rights Movement
EJI video explains how racial injustice persists since slavery
Why Racial Injustice Persists Today: A Very Brief Video History
A sign in Detroit, Michigan, where a race riot took place in 1943.
Sundown Towns: Racial Segregation Past and Present
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“Race” – The History of a Persistent Myth
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War on Drugs – or War on Blacks?
Chicago Defender page
By Us, For Us: The Crucial Role of the Black Press
This woodcut, published in 1831 with a story about the Southampton Rebellion, was titled "Horrific Massacre in Virginia."
Nat Turner’s Rebellion: Horrific or Heroic?

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Regular Hours of Operation

Sunday - Monday
Closed
Tuesday - Thursday
Friday - Saturday

 

* For the safety of our guests and staff members, ABHM requests that you please reschedule your visit if you are not feeling well. Face mask wearing is optional.

Location

401 W North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53212 


*Please be aware that parking is limited to street parking around the museum

Tickets

Adults 18 and up
$7.00
$7.00
Children ages 3-17
$5.00
$5.00
Children under 3 years of age
Free
Free

Tours:

  • Self-guided: regular ticket price
  • Guided by Griot (docent): $10/person
    (You must have 10 or more in your group.)
  • Discounted Guided Tours: $7/person
    Every Wednesday through May 6, 2026
    (You must have 10 or more in your group.)

To request a tour, click here.

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Head Griot (docent) Reggie Jackson helps visitors expand their knowledge and understanding of the long history of Black American achievement. (Dr. Fran Kaplan, ABHM)
Head Griot (docent) Reggie Jackson helps visitors expand their knowledge and understanding of the long history of Black American achievement. (Dr. Fran Kaplan, ABHM)
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Middle Passage Exhibit: The Door of No Return (Jarvis Lawson, MKE Magazine)