Greene County African American Museum Grand Opening!

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Greene County African American Museum

1415 North East Street, Greensboro, Georgia 30642, United States Map

Greene County, Georgia, October, 16th, 2021— On October 16th, the Greene County African American Museum (gcaam.org) is opening its doors to tell the untold stories of African-Americans from Greene County. The Grand Opening will begin at the Museum with story-telling, drumming, music, and food from 10 am to 1 pm, followed by an honoring of the ancestors at the Penfield African American Cemetery from 2 pm to 4 pm. All are welcome to attend both events, which are free of charge and are designed in accordance with COVID-safe guidelines.

Since its planning began in 1995, the vision for the Greene County African American Museum has been “to acknowledge, honor, and celebrate the lives of our ancestors who came before us - those who were not honored in life, and have yet to be honored in death,” says Mamie Hillman, Executive Director of the Museum. Located near downtown Greensboro, the Museum will feature exhibits on the many chapters of African and African American history as they relate to Greene County, from enslavement to Reconstruction to Jim Crow to Civil Rights to more recent times. Some of the notable African Americans born and raised in Greene County include the Rev. Adam Daniel Williams, second pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, first director of the Atlanta NAACP, and grandfather of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Abram Colby, among the first African Americans to serve as Georgia state senator after Emancipation. Both Williams and Colby were born enslaved and were leaders in the struggle for equality and freedom for all.

Category: Arts | Visual Arts | Museum

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