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Traveling wax exhibit of Black history features Ida B. Wells, Thurgood Marshall

Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist and women's rights activist. Frederick Douglass was a national leader of the abolitionist movement. Wax figures of them are on display at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore. The museum will be bringing a traveling wax exhibit to Fort Pierce Feb. 10-12.

FORT PIERCE — In 1980 Joanne Martin and her husband Elmer Martin, both university professors in Maryland, set an ambitious goal outside their academic arena: “putting a face on a largely faceless history.” 

They did that by launching the nation’s only traveling wax exhibit of historic Black figures. The exhibit will make its first stop in Lincoln Park in recognition of Black History Month. It also will be showcased in Panama City and possibly Port St. Joe, Martin said. 

The traveling exhibit, “The political race: A wax figure exhibition and history of African Americans in politics,” will run Feb.10-12 at Means Court Elementary School, once the only school in St. Lucie County for Black students.

Highwaymen:Locally produced documentary on their lives, their legacy 

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Community Groups Advance Racial Justice Through Public History Work

In the past few months, hundreds of community members around the country have partnered with EJI’s Community Remembrance Project to acknowledge and document our history of racial terror by unveiling narrative historical markers.

Jacksonville, Florida

On October 17, 904WARD and the Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project, in partnership with EJI, unveiled a historical marker at the Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. The marker memorializes Bowman Cook and John Morine, two Black World War I veterans who were lynched during the Red Summer of 1919.

About 100 people gathered in person to attend the ceremony, which was also live streamed and is available to watch on the coalition’s YouTube page.

The coalition has hosted community soil collections for Bowman…


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Global Virtual Private Servers (VPS) Hosting Industry Report 2021 History, Present and Future



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EDVA Commemorates Black History Month | USAO-EDVA

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – As part of a long-standing tradition spanning more than 25 years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) will honor the contributions and history of the African American community during this year’s Black History Month.

“Our Office will continue to recognize the proud traditions and rich history of the African American community, while also acknowledging the challenging realities, both past and present, that Black Americans have experienced here in Virginia and across our Nation,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “As it is inscribed on the walls of the U.S. Department of Justice Building, ‘the place of Justice is a hallowed place,’ and we are deeply committed in EDVA to…


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Upper Peninsula History To Be Preserved Digitally

The history of the Upper Peninsula is moving to a digital platform.

Upper Peninsula heritage groups have received a $100,000 dollar grant that will help create UPLINK–a digital network that will allow groups to preserve collections and offer public access to historical pieces such as manuscripts.

Marcus Robyns, an archivist at Northern Michigan University, says the Upper Peninsula has struggled to identify, collect and preserve its heritage.

He says most museums, archives and libraries are not well funded and are short staffed with primarily volunteers.

Robyns had reached out to about 20 heritage groups in the Upper Peninsula. He found that only the Delta County Historical Society of Escanaba provides online access to digital materials.

Northern Michigan University…


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