Posts Tagged ‘Marion Indiana’
ABHM Book Club Presents: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Explore Isabel Wilkerson’s eye-opening examination, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” revealing how deeply entrenched caste systems shape societies globally. With profound insights and compelling narratives, Wilkerson challenges readers to confront systemic inequities and envision a future rooted in justice and equality.
Read MoreABHM Book Club Presents: A Lynching in the Heartland by James H. Madison
Explore with ABHM James H. Madison’s ‘A Lynching in the Heartland,’ a profound narrative unraveling the 1930 Marion, Indiana, lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. Through meticulous research, Madison examines the lasting impact of racial violence, challenging readers to confront America’s complex history of injustice and resilience.
Read MoreABHM Book Club presents “A Time of Terror” by Dr. James Cameron
This month’s book selection is our founder, Dr. James Cameorn’s memoir, A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story, which we will discuss on February 22nd at 6 PM CT via Zoom.
Read MoreABHM Book Club Presents: Our Town By Cynthia Carr
In memory and honor of Thomas Shipp, Abram Smith and our Founder Dr. James Cameron; who were lynched in Marion, IN, this month’s book club read will be Cynthia Carr’s Our Town. Carr, who grew up in Marion and later became a journalist, explores the issues of race, loyalty, and memory in America through the lens of this lynching that occurred in Marion but could have happened anywhere. Part mystery, part history, part true crime saga, Our Town is a riveting read that lays bare a raw and little-chronicled facet of our national memory and provides a starting point toward reconciliation with the past.
Read MoreABHM Book Club Presents: Our Town by Cynthia Carr
This month’s book selection is Cynthia Carr’s Our Town. In Our Town, Carr, who grew up in Marion, IN and later became a journalist, explores the issues of race, loyalty, and memory in America through the lens of the historic lynching in Marion. Part mystery, part history, part true crime saga, Our Town is a riveting read that lays bare a raw and little-chronicled facet of our national memory and provides a starting point toward reconciliation with the past.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: A Time of Terror (Founder’s memoir)
ABHM’s founder, Dr. James Cameron is the only known survivor of a lynching and published a memoir about such an experience. This month’s book selection is his memoir, A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story.
Read MoreCommunity collects soil in remembrance of 1930 lynching
On the 90th anniversary of the infamous lynchings of Thomas Shipp and Abraham Smith, and the attempted lynching of James Cameron, members of the Marion (Indiana) Community Remembrance Project collected soil to be sent to the Equal Justice Initiative’s (EJI) National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
Read MoreThe Legacy of Dr. James Cameron: Founder of America’s Black Holocaust Museum
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 MoreMy First Visit to ABHM
A Milwaukee man treasures his visit to the earliest (1988) version of ABHM, his talk with founder James Cameron, and the book signed by Cameron to him with love.
Read MoreLynching Survivor’s Memoir Wins Prestigious Book Award
Dr. James Cameron’s memoir A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story received the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Silver Award for the Great Lakes – Best Regional Non-Fiction during a ceremony held May 10th in Chicago. It is the only account of a lynching ever written by a survivor. The prize-winning 3rd edition contains 50 vintage photos, over 100 background notes, never-before-published chapters, and a Foreword, Introduction, and Afterword.
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