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3. That museum has so many priceless, poignant artifacts from African American history.

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:05 PM

Apr 2

An actual slave cabin. Actual pieces of a slave ship. Actual chains used on slaves. The guard tower from the notorious Angola State Prison from the Jim Crow era, An actual Pullman Car. The list goes on and on.

I was there last year. Every American should see it. These artifacts were donated to the museum to be displayed for educational purposes, and in particular documenting slavery and Jim Crow, which gets short shrift in school history books. Trump no doubt wants to erase that history. This infuriates me.

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There is no end to his reprehensible stupidity. GreenWave Apr 2 #1

That museum has so many priceless, poignant artifacts from African American history. SunSeeker Apr 2 #3

and racism! electric_blue68 Saturday #9

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Apr 2 #2

If I can get emough money at some point I'd like to go back to DC ... electric_blue68 Apr 3 #4

Me, my sister, BIL & niece were there back in 2018 BumRushDaShow Apr 3 #5

Cool! And yes I remember reading anout how the history was.... electric_blue68 Apr 3 #6

Debi Thomas was doing her thing back in the mid-late '80s BumRushDaShow Apr 3 #7

Yup, definitely remember her! ⛸️⛸️👍 electric_blue68 Saturday #8