Plan Your Visit
What's Happening at the Museum
A look at all the upcoming programs and events
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Forces For Change
Six Black Women Who Shaped Education in America
Explore the stories of Black women who dedicated themselves to education and equality.
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A Nation's Story
“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech calling for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans.