The International African American Museum , Charleston, SC

Review| February 01 2024 The International African American Museum, Charleston, SC The International African American Museum. Tonya M. Matthews, President and CEO; Martina Morale, Director of Curatorial and Special Exhibits; Brandon Reid, Public Historian. 2023–Ongoing. https://iaamuseum.org/about/. Najmah Thomas Najmah Thomas University of South Carolina Beaufort Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2024) 46 (1): 145–151. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2024.46.1.145 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Najmah Thomas; The International African American Museum, Charleston, SC. The Public Historian 1 February 2024; 46 (1): 145–151. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2024.46.1.145 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search The Power of Place—The International African American Museum (IAAM) invites the public to "engage with history through transformative storytelling, remarkable artifacts and exhibitions, and a uniquely impactful power of place" (IAAM website). The IAAM takes full advantage of its location in Charleston, South Carolina on Gadsden's Wharf. This wharf was the disembarkation point for nearly half of all the African people who were forcibly removed from their homelands across the continent of Africa and transported across oceans to the North American continent during the period of chattel enslavement. Over a decade before the museum's grand opening on June 27, 2023, the IAAM leveraged its power of place in multiple ways, from the selection of its leadership to the design of its building and grounds. Initial IAAM President and CEO Michael Boulware Moore is the great-great grandson of Robert Smalls, the congressman, US Civil War hero, and formerly enslaved man who... You do not currently have access to this content

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