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The Jewel of the Delta: The Mound Bayou Museum of African American Culture and History
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Speaker: Hermon Johnson Jr.
The Mound Bayou Museum of African American Culture and History in Mound Bayou, Mississippi is not a typical museum. It’s the first of its kind: an Exposeum, where history isn’t just displayed. It’s uncovered. It’s confronted. It’s honored, from the inside out. Rooted in the legacy of Mound Bayou, a town founded by formerly enslaved people in 1887, this museum is an active space for revealing the parts of Black history that have been hidden, distorted, or forgotten. What makes us different is that we’re not treating our history like it’s over. We are still in the process of discovering it, exposing it, and passing it on. This is a place where the stories are personal. From the civil rights work of local leaders to the economic brilliance of the town’s founders, every exhibit is designed to show that Black history is not tragedy with a beginning and end — it’s legacy, it’s resistance, it’s joy, and it’s still happening.
Hermon Johnson Jr. is the founder and director of the The Mound Bayou Museum of African American Culture and History.
Host Village: Northwest Neighbors Village
Zoom link will be sent to registrants after registration here https://nwnv.helpfulvillage.com/events/4886