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As we celebrate the richness of Black History Month, HistoryMiami Museum is proud to present a trio of Black-history related exhibitions: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, Stories of Resistance from Black Miami and CAPTURE: A Portrait of the Pandemic.
Visitors will enjoy hours of learning and experiences starting with Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow. Organized by the New-York Historical Society, the traveling exhibition explores the long struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. Art, artifacts, photographs, and media illustrate these transformative decades in American history and their continuing relevance today.
A supplement to Black Citizenship is Stories of Resistance from Black Miami, a locally curated oral history project co-created by the museum and individuals involved in past and contemporary movements. It explores Black Miami’s long and ongoing struggle, resistance, and resilience in response to racial injustice through the eyes of notable Miami activists including Thelma Gibson, Betty Ferguson, and Lonnie Lawrence. The diversity of Miami’s Black communities, including African Americans, Haitians, Bahamians, Afro-Latinos, and others allows Stories of Resistance to feature culturally diverse perspectives on the trajectory of racial justice efforts in Miami from the 1950s to the present.
In addition to daily self-directed tours, on February 11 at 1 p.m., join the museum’s Miami Stories Coordinator, Catherine Farmer, for a guided tour of Stories of Resistance from Black Miami.
CAPTURE: A Portrait of the Pandemic is HistoryMiami Museum’s third exhibition presenting images that represent experiences of 2020, when Miami struggled with the realities of a pandemic, racial injustice protests and a faltering entertainment industry. More than 60 stunning images make up the curated exhibition, shot by Rahsaan “Fly Guy” Alexander, one of Miami’s most renowned club DJs.
Admission is free to all Miamians during the month of February thanks to generosity of Julie and Michael Weiser. For more information about exhibitions, visit www.historymiami.org
Museum Hours:
Monday and Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday – Saturday: 10am – 4pm
Sunday: 12pm – 4pm
About HistoryMiami
HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate located in downtown Miami, safeguards and shares Miami stories to foster learning, inspire a sense of place, and cultivate an engaged community. We accomplish this through education, collections, research, exhibitions, publications, and City Tours. Now celebrating our 80th anniversary, the museum is a 70,000-square-foot facility and home to more than two million historical images and 30,000 three-dimensional artifacts, including a 1920s trolley car, artifacts from Pan American World Airways, and rafts that brought refugees to Miami. For more information, call 305-375-1492 or visit historymiami.org.
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