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es We Can!
Submitted by bersy, South Shore
We chart our future by remembering our past. Two years ago my family had a Reunion here in Boston. The Freedom Trail was the highlight of the weekend.
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A Missing Link
Submitted by Brenda, North Shore
Approximately eight years ago, some friends, my husband and I decided to walk the Freedom Trail and tour the African American History Museum. It was one of the most interesting experiences we had experienced because so much of what we learned that day we had never heard nor read about in any of our textbooks nor educational experiences prior to that day. Since that time, we have had several more visits to the Museum and a few encounters with Museum staff speaking and/or relating historical information of African American History particularly as it relates to Boston. We are fortunate to have such an important institution within our mist and must encourage its continued presence so future generations can be exposed to an important part of American History that is often not acknowledged or told. The Museum provides a missing link that all need to be aware is still missing in our schools.
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Part of a different Freedom Trail
Submitted by rr, Boston
I first visited the Museum of African American History ( on the "wrong side" of Beacon HIll) to hear Deval Patrick, then running for Governor, read the words of Frederick Douglass. Visiting the museum taught my family about Boston's important role in abolition. Boston's abolitionists were black and white, and were vocal early in the abolition movement. This history has been recently highlighted in an exhibition in the Boston Public Library, but it has much more impact when you learn about it at the Museum, a building which sheltered abolitionists from the mob during violent demonstrations around William Lloyd Garrison's public address in the 1850's. Most of the other sites on the P in P list are traditional relics of Massachusetts' white past--and while I have enjoyed visiting many of them, and was glad to learn of the others, this is the one that I return to the site daily to vote for.
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Our Children's future
Submitted by Rukki, Boston
This is a grand opportunity to help preserve the history that can never be forgotten. Our Children are not learning about our true history in school and it is our job to make sure that they never forget where we come from, lest we will repeat it. I know many say, forget the past, let by gones be by gones. But we, as Afro-descendants should never forget our history. I am voting everyday in hopes that we will get that much deserved funding to help keep our history alive.
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Preserving All American's History
Submitted by Alexandra, North Shore
I am astounded by the current place of the Museum in this contest. I cannot wrap my head around why everyone is not voting for this inspirational and exceptional Museum we are lucky to have in Boston. I have been surrounded by the museum's stories and cultural variety for most of my life and I know that I would not be the same person I am today if it was not in my life. As a biracial teen living in a predominately white suburb it is sometimes difficult to connect to half of my ancestor's history. The Museum of African American History has made that possible for me. It has also taught me that it does not hold just the history of African Americans but the history of all Americans. It would be horrific if we did not keep places like this Museum preserved!
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Our story
Submitted by bersy, South Shore
The museum has all of the hidden history for African - Americans. YES WE Can!
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Support Boston's Hidden Jewel
Submitted by Leona, Boston
The Museum of African American History has always been considered by me as a "Hidden Jewel" in the City of Boston. African Americans all over the U.S. are making efforts to document the African American experience in their districts. This is one of our efforts to keep our history alive. The Museum is an important community entity where we can house our historic documents and educate visitors of its importance in past and current events. There is much history associated with this "Jewel." As African Americans began coming up from the south into this part of Boston leaving slavery behind, they were able to establish a church, a school, a meeting place., and what ever else they needed to do to make a new life for them selves. The Museum and/or Meeting House played an important part in the abolishionist movement where notables such as Frederick Douglas and others debated the slavery issues.
I encourage as many as possible to cast their vote as often as possible to verify that the Museum of African American History is no longer a "Hidden Jewel," but is a viable institution that deserves to be known and valued by all of the community.
Leona W. Martin, President
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - New England Chapter
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The other side of Boston
Submitted by godsdaughter, West of Boston
When I first brought my daughter to prep school in Boston, we took a walking tour of the African-American Heritage sites. There, right before our eyes, the park ranger helped us to see Boston from the perspective of 18th century African Americans. What a remarkably learned park ranger he was. He was able to connect what my daughter knew of American history to the seldom told story of the contributions of African Americans to the history and development of the United States of America. I will never forget standing there at the site of the school house, knowing how much African Americans treasured education as a way to improve the survival and uplift of their community. I purchased books from the museum that are seldom at the bookstores in my town, and we bought posters that my daughter later used in her dorm room at boarding school. Thanks to Boston, thanks to the staff and donors of the Museum of African American History--a legacy for all Americans.
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My Birthday Bash at the Smith School
Submitted by Tifa, Boston
I had my 34th birthday party and akika here. It was so awesome to be in this building, where in college, I once interned as a national park ranger assistant and counselor for the summer program that they host every year for teens. The Museum was the first school for blacks in america. We can not let this history go uncelebrated.
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Important landmark of black civic engagement
Submitted by Lebeny, Boston
At at time when many people of color are still engergized by the 2008 election cycle, I think it is important that we preserve the collections of the Museum of African American History because they are proof positive of what black people have been able to accomplish through centuries of political involvement and personal agency. Too often people aren't aware of the impact and importance what Black Bostonians were able to accomplish in the 18th and 19th century. MAAH's public education programs and exhibits enrich us all and are a great source of community pride.
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Preserving this history is vital to us all.
Submitted by Angeleen, Boston
The museum is doing a vital service for our entire nation in preserving and maintaining a part of our history that has for too long been ignored. They are careful and meticulous in preserving these important buildings and the stories that live within them, and they are creative and persistent in making both the buildings and the stories available to a wide audience. When you visit the museum, you will learn something about your past - no matter what your background is - that will enrich your life.
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Visit to Boston
Submitted by Janis, Boston
I enjoyed visiting the Museum of African American History. There were a lots interesting things that I did not know.
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Keeping History Alive for All to Know the Struggles
Submitted by Dale, Boston
As part of the African American History Museum, this school of all schools in our country needs to be preserved for the past struggles made to have free education for all that sought it. It's hard to imagine today what it must have been like for the leaders of this little school to work under dire conditions to see that the children learned. The children must have been in awe knowing their teachers cared about them so much that they would risk much to help them. Hope everyone that reads this comment will vote for the African American History Museum of Boston.
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Local African American History Comes Alive
Submitted by Cecile, Boston
I went to school at Havard but I did not have the ooportunity to learn about local African American achievements while I was there. I think that this would add texture and context to many of the local stories of minority perserverance and success in Boston area.
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Keeping History Alive
Submitted by Mom, Boston
Keeping the Underground Railroad history alive is so important to all that desire to live in freedom. So many people during that period of history strived for freedom for themselves and for all generations to come. We need this museum to be able to make the necessary improvements so that this part of the Underground Railroad's history will continue to exist.
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great resource
Submitted by elizabeth, Boston
Carla Harris was the featured speaker at a book signing event that was co-sponsored by the Museum of African American History in Boston. It was a wonderful event and I am grateful for the museum's role in this outreach.
They also sponsored great legacies in the Boston education arena, such as James Breeden, last year at the JFK museum. They should keep up the good work!
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