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Accountability is not Justice!
On April 20, 2021, 12 individuals agreed that former police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George P. Floyd. He was found guilty on all three counts. The reading of the verdict was a moment of both jubilation and vindication. I could see the ancestors – Emmett and Mamie Till, James Chaney, Medgar Evers, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
#SayHerName
The significance of March 2020 will go down in the history books. Not simply for being the month, the world realized we had entered into a global pandemic with the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, but also because a young woman’s life was taken in Louisville, Kentucky.
Follow the Science
The Lewis Museum wants to exemplify excellence in all we do. On Thursday, February 25, Kaiser Permanente and The Lewis held the second annual African Americans in Healthcare Awards. This most important and timely topic provided an opportunity for us to honor…
From the Executive Director
I am Terri Lee Freeman, the new Executive Director of the Museum. I am so excited about building the Museum and further establishing it as a central hub for the historical record of African Americans in Maryland and our contributions to the broader regional and national culture…
Media Releases
Amid tumultuous year, Reginald F. Lewis Museum hires civil rights museum president to be executive director
Terri Lee Freeman was appointed Thursday as the newest executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, capping a tumultuous year for the institution.
Black history is vital to understanding racial injustice. But the museums holding that history are under threat.
Black history is vital to understanding racial injustice. But the museums holding that history are under threat.
New Reginald F. Lewis Museum exhibit highlights ‘Good Trouble’ of recent racial justice protests in Maryland
To preserve history of any kind is challenging enough. Trying to do so with the very recent past, particularly when that past blurs with the present, adds another layer of difficulty.
Reginald F. Lewis Museum Appoints Drew Hawkins Board Chair
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jenn Biddle | (443) 263-1812 or jenn.biddle@lewismuseum.org Reginald F. Lewis Museum AnnouncesNew Board Chair and Executive CommitteeDrew Hawkins, CEO & Founder of Edyoucore Sports & Entertainment,elected as new Chair of the...
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Hecht Collection
Louis G. Hecht and Shirly F. Hecht donated over 3,500 original 78 RPM and LP jazz song recordings in 2009 to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
Waka Sran Baule Figure
Made of wood, this male figure is known as a waka sran by the Baule People of Côte d’Ivoire.
Family Bible
Inside this Family Bible at least two unrelated families faithfully recorded their history.
Junetta Jones
Junetta Jones was the first African American to win a three year competitive scholarship from the Peabody Institution