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Read MoreBrayden Jett, junior WVU Tech, looks over the True Black History Museum exhibit that was on display Thursday 10 am to 2 p.m. in the Learning Commons, Second Floor of the Learning Resource Center on South Kanawha St. in Beckley
The exhibit is entitled “A tribute to the African-American Journey,” and guides visitors through the African American experience through early civilizations in Africa, the Transatlantic Slade Trade, to the Civil Rights and Black Power movement and modern-day. The traveling museum includes artifacts that date to the 1700s. The collection highlights and celebrates the contributions of African Americans in the arts, sciences, sports, entertainment, education and politics in America. There are also original documents from Martin Luther King, Jr., Booker T. Washington, Rosa Parks, George Washington Carver and President Barack Obama.
(Rick Barbero/The Register-Heald)
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