Community African American History Class

The African American Museum, Dallas presents an eight-week series called African American History Class, held each Thursday from October 26–December 21 (except for November 23) from 7–9pm.

Every Thursday, Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney and Robert E. Edison of the Museum will lead engaging courses on a variety of topics, from African history, colonial and antebellum African American history and the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, Black power and Black nationalism.

Covering a wealth of topics – from the Civil War to the Black Arts Movement to civil rights – the weekly classes will be taught by Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, museum deputy director and COO and national president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), along with Robert E. Edison, museum curator of education.

Each week, instructors will lead engaging discussions on a variety of subjects including the African past, historiography, arts, colonial America, antebellum, Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, Black power and Black nationalism.

Courses are also designed as a supplement to educators, offering materials, resources and pedagogy to apply in the classroom. To register, visit aamdallas.org.

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