Perched on a historic South Carolina harbor where enslaved Africans once landed, the long-delayed museum is a powerful document of Black cultural energy entering, shaping, and reshaping the United States Link here to read more
Charleston, S.C. — The International African American Museum (IAAM) officially opened to the public on Tuesday, June 27, after over 20 years of planning, welcoming guests and community members inside to learn the full story of the African American journey. Located at the historically sacred site of Gadsden’s Wharf, IAAM’s nine distinct galleries demonstrate how …
Inside the International African American Museum in Charleston, natural light from large windows overlooking the Charleston Harbor illuminate the exhibits housed in the center of the museum. The view of the harbor — idyllic in nature — also serves as a grim reminder of what happened over two centuries ago. During the transatlantic slave trade, an estimated …
In Charleston Harbor, where the initiating shots of the Civil War were fired — Fort Sumter is distantly visible — I’m on the site of a former shipping pier known as Gadsden’s Wharf. Here, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, ships carrying tens of thousands of enslaved Africans deposited their human cargo, a population …
Guest host Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati speaks to Murphy, Coordinator of Genealogy Education at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. https://iaamuseum.org/. Listen here
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. …
International African American Museum Opens to the Public Public opening follows a line-up of celebration and community events Charleston, S.C. — The International African American Museum (IAAM) officially opened to the public on Tuesday, June 27, after over 20 years of planning, welcoming guests and community members inside to learn the full story of the …
By Aaron Morrison CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival in the Western Hemisphere begins on the docks of the lowcountry coast. Overlooking the old wharf in …
For the past year, Malika N. Pryor has had to work on answering a question that not many people deal with in their lifetimes: how do you convey a story that is historically and emotionally complex to as many different people as possible, in a way that they will understand and embrace? That has been …
By Jenny Peterson Inside the International African American Museum, a robust staff of 60 people make up learning and engagement teams and engagement for faith-based community teams. There’s also the Center for Family History, a family genealogy center, which will help visitors trace their ancestry in a library-like setting. (Photo/Jenny Peterson) A triumphant celebration and …
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