Educational Focus
While there is also a Black Holocaust memorial in Savannah, Georgia, the ABHM facility served as a center for education and scholarship related to the Black Holocaust and as a non-threatening forum for sharing thoughts about race and racism in America.
Exposing visitors to historical aspects of African American cultural identity was achieved through educational exhibits, special programming, and guided tours related to six distinct historic eras, which are replicated in the Virtual Museum:
- Before Captivity in Africa
- The Middle Passage
- Slavery in the Americas
- Reconstruction era of the United States
- Civil Rights
- Modern Day Injustices
ABHM welcomed visitors of all races and backgrounds, and encouraged community understanding of the nation’s history of racism, prejudice, social change and cross-cultural understanding.
Read more about this topic: America's Black Holocaust Museum
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