Black History Exhibit Marks Month-Long Festivities

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Kasia LeBlanc
In Motion Special

It was bright and breezy outside, but even the large windows and glass doors did not lighten up some of the content of the SANKOFA African-American Museum on Wheels exhibit.

Curator Angela Jennings has overseen the collection for more than 30 years and acts as a guide for those who come to see it. In addition to works by others, she contributes some of her own too.  From rudimentary tools to photographs of a black man lynched by the Ku Klux Klan, the collection was vast and chronicles many of the dark chapters in America’s racial history.

When a family arrives to see the display, Jennings brightens up.  Children bring a broad smile to her face.  It is very important, says Jennings, that she educates everyone, especially those too young to remember segregation. The collection includes artwork, memorabilia and African-American inventions from 1860 to the present. It is, she says, a journey through slavery, the era of King Cotton, Emancipation and beyond.
SANKOFA African-Merican Museum on Wheels. Curator, Ms. Angela Jennings, commenting on part of the exhibit to patrons.

The show made a stop on campus Feb. 19. The Black History Month campus celebration continued Feb. 20 with a performance by DEBBIE D. and Vintage NOW! that had people dancing, while enjoying meals provided by DSC alumna Deborah Reshard, owner of Lil’ Mama’s Kitchen.