Monday, January 26, 2009
The American I AM: The Africian American Imprint
On January 25, 2009, we saw the new exhibit,The America I AM: The African American Imprint, at the National Constitution Center. It will be shown from January 15th through May 3rd, 2009.
The exhibition celebrates 400 years of African American contributions to this country, and presents a historical continuum of pivotal moments in courage, conviction and creativity that solidifies the undeniable imprint of African Americans across the nation and around the world. Featuring more than 200 artifacts culled from every period of U.S. history, the exhibit includes objects, texts, religion, music, narration and media. Among the poignant pieces are the doors to the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana that enslaved Africans passed through to board ships to the "New World" (Doors of No Return), Alex Haley’s typewriter used to write Roots, a first edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, personal effects of Malcolm X, the door key and stool from the Birmingham jail cell that held Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he authored his infamous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", and many other important items from the beginnings of our nation through contemporary popular culture today.
We highly recommend it.
::Shelley
The exhibition celebrates 400 years of African American contributions to this country, and presents a historical continuum of pivotal moments in courage, conviction and creativity that solidifies the undeniable imprint of African Americans across the nation and around the world. Featuring more than 200 artifacts culled from every period of U.S. history, the exhibit includes objects, texts, religion, music, narration and media. Among the poignant pieces are the doors to the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana that enslaved Africans passed through to board ships to the "New World" (Doors of No Return), Alex Haley’s typewriter used to write Roots, a first edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, personal effects of Malcolm X, the door key and stool from the Birmingham jail cell that held Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he authored his infamous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", and many other important items from the beginnings of our nation through contemporary popular culture today.
We highly recommend it.
::Shelley
Labels: National Constitution Center, The American I AM: The African American Imprint
