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Black History Museums
Visions of our 44th President
Barack Obama


Visions of our 44th President is a collective sculptural show created to recognize and celebrate the historical significance of the first African American President of the United States.

The exhibition will debut at the Wright Museum in July 2012, and will travel to prestigious museums, universities, libraries and galleries across the country. At the conclusion of the tour, the collection will become a part of the Wright Museum's permanent collection.

of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI

 

Audacious Freedom
African Americans in Philadelphia
1776 - 1876

African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA

Permanent Exhibit

 

Emeline Hawkins: Her Journey from Slavery to Freedom on the
Underground Railroad

New Castle Court House Museum
211 Delaware Street
New Castle, DE


Permanent Exhibit

 
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This Month
in
Black History

May 4, 1961
Seven blacks and six whites left Washington, DC on two public buses and headed south to test the US Supreme Court ruling that segregation in interstate bus and rail stations was unconstitutional.

This was the beginning of the Freedom Rides.


John Lewis
Freedom Rider
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