The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum is North Carolina’s first and only official State Historic Site to honor an African American and a woman.
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Herndon Home
The Herndon House Museum is located in Atlanta, Georgia and was designated a National Landmark in 2000.
Le Musée de f.p.c., A House Museum Honoring The Legacy of Free People of Color
Le Musée de f.p.c. located in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of only a few attractions of its kind in the United States. I stumbled upon the museum as I was researching free people of color. I was in love from the moment I saw the first photo. The structure was distinct but everything Southern.…
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Archives & Museum Journey, Danielle Hall
Archives & Museum Journey For as long as I can remember, I have always been passionate about preserving history and cultural legacies, but my journey into the museum, library and archives world began as a graduate student in the History and Museum Studies program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). At the time, I was…
Headragged Generals in the Museum, Aleia Brown
Headragged Generals in the Museum Alice Walker’s poem Women describes our ancestors as “Headragged Generals,” who “knew what we must know without knowing a page of it themselves.” It reminds me that black women have always been our leaders, and curators of knowledge – even before they had access to museums and libraries, or…
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