Monday, March 5, 2018

National Museum of African American History-- Part 2: Newest Museum on the National Mall


And, a good place for the museum to be.  In 1963, a quarter million came together for the pivotal March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.  And, of course, the Lincoln memorial, site of Dr. martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

The vast array of artifacts include several of Harriet Tubman's life.  An escaped slave who brought hundreds through the Underground Railroad.

Other items:

**  1830s Bible owned by Nat Turner

**  Fedora worn by Michael Jackson, 1984

**  Headgear worn by Muhammad Ali, 1973

**  Stereoscope image of Booker T. Washington, 1899

--Cooter

No comments: