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“Griot” (pronounced GREE-oh) is the French name given to the oral historians of West Africa. Traditionally griots travel from city to city and village to village as living newspapers, carrying in their heads an incredible store of local history and current events. They pass on their knowledge of history by singing traditional songs, which they must recite accurately, without errors or deviations. Like rappers, they also make up songs as they go to share current events, gossip, political commentary and satire.
Read More >Who We Are Share About ABHM Our Mission and Vision What is the Black Holocaust? Our Four Themes: Remembrance, Resistance, Redemption, Reconciliation Dr. Cameron: Founder, Lynching Survivor “A Time of…
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By Phillip Lewis, The Huffington Post When Anthony Fykes and Robert Wright met, they immediately connected through their love for movies. But the pair never imagined that a shared passion…
Read More >At 16 years of age James Cameron said he escaped being lynched by divine intervention. He dedicated his life to civil rights for black people and went on to found the America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
Read More >White Republican legislators in Wisconsin continue to dictate who is worth of honor during Black History Month. Colin Kaepernick is deemed too controversial, due to his kneeling during the National Anthem.
Read More >Johns Hopkins recently named a building after Henrietta Lacks, a young African-American mother whose cells were taken and used without her or her family’s permission. Johns Hopkins is the medical center where she was treated and where her cells were taken. Henrietta’s cells continue to drive research all over the world.
Read More >Nine polling locations in predominately black and rural areas may be shut down. The Voting Right Act itself is in danger of being gutted, as well.
Read More >Whose job is it to fix white supremacy?
Read More >George Marshall Clark, a free Black man, is the only person to be hung in Milwaukee’s history . He deserves to be recognized with a historical marker at the lynching site.
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