“Before I’m 25” – Sharing Stories with Google Cultural Institute

In our ongoing quest to engage audiences in new and different ways, we are pleased to unveil a project that we have been working on for the past few months. In partnership with the Google Cultural Institute’s series on Black History and Culture, we have developed an online exhibit of original collection materials titled Before I’m 25… Stories of African American Youth.

beforeBefore I’m 25 is a multimedia exhibit that uses our diverse collections to highlight the ways African American youths have shaped Southern history. Spanning over 150 years, it examines the lives of young African Americans through the lenses of freedom, military service, the pursuit of education, entertainment, and activism.

The Google Cultural Institute allows museums and archives throughout the world to share their collections with the online using sleek, innovative technology. As part of the Google Cultural Institute’s series on Black History and Culture, The Southern Historical Collection is in good company with partners ranging from the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Each of over forty exhibits covers one niche of Black history and culture, from Alvin Ailey to Frederick Douglass, and from Black comic books to African American inventors.

We are excited to share this digital exhibit with you and hope that it enhances discussions by and about African American youth, and how history shapes our present day.

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  1. Greetings,

    I kindly invite you, and anyone else of interest, to our upcoming free lecture from our “Who Are The Negroes, Really? series presented by Let My People Know network.

    Our upcoming lecture topic will be “The Americas: The Lands of the Shemitic Negroes” held at Wilson County Main Library on Saturday, 6/18/16 from 12:30p to 3:00p. And again on Monday, 6/20/16 from 6:30p – 9:00p.

    We expect to have free registration and more details on our website no later than Sunday, 5/29.

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