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How are the Children?
Mental health issues are plaguing our youth and young adults. Our young people are not mentally or emotionally healthy. The stress to perform, to be the best, to make the team, to present your best self on social media, to emulate a celebrity is simply not sustainable. Too few have the ability to cope with life’s pressures. While most don’t resort to violence, it is well documented that young people are not effectively dealing with conditions such as anxiety, stress, and depression.
Accountability is not Justice!
On April 20, 2021, 12 individuals agreed that former police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George P. Floyd. He was found guilty on all three counts. The reading of the verdict was a moment of both jubilation and vindication. I could see the ancestors – Emmett and Mamie Till, James Chaney, Medgar Evers, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
#SayHerName
The significance of March 2020 will go down in the history books. Not simply for being the month, the world realized we had entered into a global pandemic with the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, but also because a young woman’s life was taken in Louisville, Kentucky.
Follow the Science
The Lewis Museum wants to exemplify excellence in all we do. On Thursday, February 25, Kaiser Permanente and The Lewis held the second annual African Americans in Healthcare Awards. This most important and timely topic provided an opportunity for us to honor…
Media Releases
Lewis Museum kicks off Black History Month celebrating BLACK WOMAN GENIUS
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (The Lewis Museum) today announced it will open its newest exhibition, BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott – Tapestries of Generations, on Thursday, February 1st.
Lewis Museum, Danny Simmons to Honor Derrick Adams in stellar night of artistry
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (The Lewis Museum) – a Smithsonian Affiliate – today announced Danny Simmons – the prolific artist, poet, and philanthropist who co-created the hit HBO Series Def Poetry Jam – will bring his critically acclaimed WordSmith series to Baltimore on Friday, September 22nd.
Freeman named President of The Lewis Museum
During its recent end-of-year meeting, the Board of Directors of The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (The Lewis Museum) voted to name Terri Lee Freeman as the organization’s President effective immediately. Freeman has served as Executive Director of The Lewis Museum since December 2020.
More than 400 turn out to celebrate some of Maryland’s best & brightest
The Reginald F. Lewis Musuem of Maryland of African American History and Culture (The Lewis Museum) recently celebrated Into Utopia, its 2023 Gala, at The North Club at M&T Bank Stadium. The event, presented by Kaiser Permanente, was attended by more than 400 guests and raised more than $400,000. Into Utopia recognized luminaries who boldly imagine the seemingly impossible and made it reality. The honoree class included entertainment mogul and Baltimore native Kevin Liles and the Honorable Adrienne A. Jones, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. One of the highlights of the evening was a rousing address by Governor Wes Moore who individually recognized his personel connection with each of the recipients and the important role The Lewis Museum plays in the state.
What’s New
Hecht Collection
Louis G. Hecht and Shirly F. Hecht donated over 3,500 original 78 RPM and LP jazz song recordings in 2009 to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
Waka Sran Baule Figure
Made of wood, this male figure is known as a waka sran by the Baule People of Côte d’Ivoire.
Family Bible
Inside this Family Bible at least two unrelated families faithfully recorded their history.
Junetta Jones
Junetta Jones was the first African American to win a three year competitive scholarship from the Peabody Institution