The Controversy of the Without Sanctuary Museum Exhibit
On May 22, 1917, the lynching of Ell Persons, a Black woodcutter, occurred in a carnival-type setting in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Dr. Joanne Martin’s Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Across America, The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is known for highlighting unvarnished accounts of African American History from
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Landscape as Witness: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park
In early March 2020, I drove past miles of dredged canals and gangly loblolly pines toward the visitor center of
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Why the United States Needs More Museums about Slavery and Abolition, Not Another About the Civil War
When I first stepped into the foyer of the brand new American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia, I
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Memory, Memorials, and History
“On this Juneteenth I’m on a tour being conducted by Jefferson Davis’s great grandson.” –@heirofElijah, June 19, 2019 The morning started
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