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African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey Inspires, Educates in Museums and Throughout NJ by Jeff Garrett f you’re venturing to the Jersey shore this summer, happen to be around Atlantic City and have a hankering to take in some African-American Culture, then you may want to visit the Noyes Arts Garage at 200 Fairmount Ave. To celebrate Juneteenth, a night filled with poetry readings from some of the state’s most well-known African-American poets occurred on Wednesday, June 19. 10 well-known poets including Belinda Manning from Atlantic County, Cole Eubanks from Vineland, NJ and from Turiya Abdul-Raheem from Galloway, NJ recited poetry and discussed topics relevant to Juneteeth’s historical significance celebrating when slavery ended in America. Juneteenth was made a federal holiday to be celebrated on June 19 by President Biden in 2021. While the poetry event on June 19 was memorable there’s a lot more to see and learn about at the Center. Only 15 years old, the idea for the Center came when Buena Vista resident, Ralph Hunter, decided toshowcase his collection of African-American inspired collectibles from all over in a formal capacity to share with others. The mayor of Buena Vista offered Hunter space where he could showcase his cultural treasures in the mid-2000’s. Hunter, a retired retail worker always had a knack for observing his surroundings and collected things which people left on the card or discarded by any means. He saw significance in these items and just kept collecting. There are now two locations of African American History – one in Atlantic City and one in Newtonville, located at 661 Jackson Street. In each location, stories which may be looked upon as flattering or the opposite, unflattering, are told at the museums. The museums hope to shed light on black Americans hard road to freedom, the struggles black American have endured since the Emancipation Proclamation and the continued de-
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bate about race relations in modern-day America. On permanent display at Noyes is an exhibit titled, “Stereotypes: From Little Black Sambo to Aunt Jemima and Beyond.” It recognizes cinematic The Gold Dust Twins, Amos & Andy, Buckwheat — images used widely in advertising and print media to represent black Americans by proxy which influenced the perception of an entire race. This is critical to today’s youth which did not experience such Media directly. By recognizing it, the museum hopes to ensure that young learners become aware of what their parents, grandparents and those before them had to endure. Its point is to show how negative and wrong such mass marketing was in the hopes that it never occurs again. Another meaningful exhibit in Atlantic City is titled, “The Northside: The Way We Were,” highlighting the buoyancy of privileged African-American who found success as entertainers in the “Boardwalk Empire” era. The original “Club Harlem” door and sign is displayed too. Two other permanent exhibits titled, “Portraits of a People,” all found pictures of noteworthy African-American found in a crawlspace no less and one display of family furniture from earlier times owned by African-Americans are there for museum-goers to see. A traveling exhibit sponsored by AAHMSNJ allows communities and schools to learn about African- American history in New Jersey and the rest of America. Exhibits showcasing the protests of organized black American outside Atlantic City’s Convention Hall at the 1964 Democratic National Convention as well as one highlighting the story of baseball-great Jackie Robinson are apart of the traveling exhibit which visits dozens of schools in New Jersey each school year. Admission to the museums are free but donations are strongly suggested. The Museum in Atlantic City is open from Wednesday through Sunday. Several limited-time exhibits and gatherings such as talks and discussions are ongoing and can be found by logging onto www.AAMHSNJ.org.
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