Sunday, July 15, 2018

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

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  Photographs of the exhibits are not permitted so I’ll try to give a good description of them because this museum is quite unique and worth visiting. Life size displays put visitors in the scene as they travel through time starting in an African village market, and moving onto to traders bargaining for human captives, to a coastal fort where new captives were held, to the hold of a ship sailing across the Atlantic, to a slave auction block, to the underground railroad, and freedom after the Civil War, jobs in the northern factories, and a street of black owned businesses. Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, and local leaders are highlighted with their own exhibits. Story boards at each scene give detailed historic information.

  The museum is accessible. An elevator and two small lifts provide access to all galleries.

  Parking where RVs will fit is available on the street. The meters max out at 2 hours but accept more money when the time is up. Museum  42.35973, -83.06105

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