America I Am
American I Am is a traveling museum. A free webcast was hosted on Tuesday, November, 2008 by Tavis Smiley. The webcast gave viewers a glimpse of the traveling museum that is scheduled to open in November 2008. The museum celebrates 400 years of influential African-American's through various forms of artifacts, documents, multimedia, photos and music.
Fast Facts
- Nationwide mobile tour starts July 4, 2008
- Location: Essence Music Festival in New Orleans
- Organized by: Arts and Exhibitions International (AEI) and Cincinnati Museum Center
- Developed by: The Smiley Group, Inc
- Will feature 12 galleries
- Sponsored by Wal-Mart
American I Am Galleries
- Where it Started
- The Promise
- Fight Over the Promise
- Jim Crow
- Religion
- Religion, Freedom Fighting
- Double Victory
- Expressive Culture
- Spirit of Celebration
- What Is My Imprint?
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