The new International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, doesn’t just teach about America’s past, but also its present. CBS News’ Mark Strassmann visited the museum to see how the community transformed the arrival point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans shipped to the U.S. into a symbol of the strength of African …
How does ground zero become hallowed ground? The new International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina, is an exercise – rather, an exultation – in the importance of such work. As the museum’s director of education and engagement for faith-based communities, the Rev. DeMett Jenkins identifies the importance of spiritual healing and community …
Over twenty years in the making, the International African American Museum is now open in Charleston, South Carolina. As the website states, this museum “documents the journey that began in Africa centuries ago and continues to this day.” During those two decades, much thought and planning went into every detail of this institution, including the exact …
Charleston shares the untold stories of enslaved Africans in America at the site where nearly half first set foot in this country. By Victoria Hansen Charleston, S.C. – A long, shallow pool shimmering in the sun reflects the horrors of what happened at Gadsden’s Wharf, the site of the city’s new International African American …
Charleston, S.C. — The first time I viewed the Charleston Harbor, I was standing at the former site of Gadsden’s Wharf, where more than 40% of the nation’s enslaved Africans had arrived centuries ago when they were forced into chattel slavery. I stood … Link here to read more
by Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (S.C.-06) In 2019, my daughter Jennifer and I took part in a Congressional Delegation to Ghana that included my good friend, the late Congressman John Lewis. Our visit was to commemorate the 400 years since Blacks were forcibly taken from the continent of Africa and enslaved in America. …
A walk through the International African American Museum By Tim Lowry “So, what do you do for a living?” I recently found myself at a cocktail party where this was the question being tossed out like a fishing line with the hope to catch something interesting. It was hard to generate a conversation from the …
A contemporary work of art — a helmet made of cowrie shells — is displayed at the International African American Museum. A history museum must strike a balance. Multiple balances, really — between the past and present, the good and bad, the beautiful and ugly; between suffering and accomplishment, exploitation and self-determination. To …
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