American Black Holocaust Museum
Is Struggling to Survive
The museum has gone from having a working capital budget of $1.1 million a few years ago to not having enough money to make full mortgage payments on its building on Milwaukee's north side, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Maybe a name change would help?
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Black Holocaust Museum in jeopardy
America's Black Holocaust Museum is struggling to survive.
The museum has gone from having a working capital budget of $1.1 million a few years ago to not having enough money to make full mortgage payments on its building on Milwaukee's north side, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Museum board members say the financial problems are due to lagging attendance and the institution's inability to hire a permanent executive director.
The museum, one of the first of its kind in the country, explores the history and struggles of African-Americans in America. It is the life's dream of founder James Cameron, who in 1930 survived a lynch mob in his hometown of Marion, Ind,, the newspaper said.
Cameron is now 91 and in failing health.
"We dig down in our pockets to pay the utility bills. We don't have the money coming in to take care of the bare essentials," said board member and former Wisconsin Secretary of State Vel Phillips. "We love and respect Dr. Cameron. We do this because there is no other museum like it in the country. We want his memory preserved." UPI
They appropriated the wrong name, that's for sure. Why not go with Oprah and Jesse and Al and call it the American Black Victim Museum. Jerks.
How about glorifying the wonderful things blacks have done? What would be wrong with that? The museum could remain the same - they did struggle in this country. Never discount that. But make a big deal out of how much good has come from within their own ranks to rise above their miserable beginning????
Celebrate. Celebrate. Rise up and make it good. Do it for Dr. Cameron if for no other reason.
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/10/2005 at 11:11 PM