Posts Tagged ‘America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM)’
[ABHM] Lecture series asks ‘Do Black Lives Matter?’
ABHM Head Griot Reggie Jackson is interviewed about the origins of the devaluation of black lives in America. His four-session series covers a 400-year history of the laws, court decisions, customs, pseudo-science, medicine, policing, and other practices that justify and support that attitude that black lives do not matter.
Read MoreWhy Racial Injustice Persists Today: A Very Brief Video History
The myth of racial difference that was created to sustain slavery persists today. Slavery did not end in 1865, it evolved. This very brief video reveals how we got from slavery to today’s forms of racial injustice, such as mass incarceration.
Read MoreRemembering the Black Holocaust
Dr. Fran Kaplan, Coordinator of America’s Black Holocaust Virtual Museum [Fall 2011-Fall 2017], speaks about the online museum and how, as a white woman, she became involved.
Read MoreSocial Worker/PhD Student Makes the Largest Donation So Far to Our Book Fundraiser!
Lanetta Greer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, fosters ten troubled teenaged girls AND is finishing her PhD dissertation AND teaches social work part time at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Ms. Greer sees a connection between the betrayal and trauma her girls experienced and the lynching that James Cameron experienced at sixteen. He was nearly beaten to death by…
Read MoreHead Griot Reggie Jackson Presents about Ferguson in Racine
Reggie Jackson, chairman of the board of America’s Black Holocaust Museum, gave a presentation on the officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, and some of the people involved.
Read MoreRacial Repair and Reconciliation: A Homecoming
ABHM’s Virtual Museum Director reflects on her experiences at the Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation honoring the museum’s founder, Dr. James Cameron.
Read MoreA Frank Talk About Race
America’s Black Holocaust Museum hosted a frank discussion about race that attracted participants of many races.
Read MoreABHM Celebrates Dr. Cameron’s 100th Birthday with Racial Reconciliation Gathering
America’s Black Holocaust Museum’s celebration of founder Dr. James Cameron’s 100th birthday was an opportunity for racial repair.
Read MoreABHM Presents “Created Equal”: Movies About America’s Civil Rights Struggle
America’s Black Holocaust Museum curated a list of movies that reveal American history and the Black experience.
Read MoreReception to be Held for ABHM’s International Advisory Committee in Milwaukee on June 14, 2013
Members of ABHM’s International Advisory Committee are coming to town to meet the people who helped renew the museum. The museum’s board and staff is holding a reception open to our supporters. We have several exciting developments at the museum to present, too, so… Please come meet and mingle with our International Advisors, Volunteers, Donors, and…
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