How are the Children?

By TERRI LEE FREEMANEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The second week of November was a very tragic week on college campuses.  We know that seven students were murdered on college campuses. Three students at the University of Virginia (UVA) were murdered, while one remains in...

Accountability is not Justice!

By TERRY LEE FREEMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR   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...

#SayHerName

#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...

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 dedicated...

From the Executive Director

Greetings Members,  Donors and Friends of The Lewis Museum!  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...