What happened to the US National Slavery Museum?

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What happened to the US National Slavery Museum?

After a flurry of early activity plans for a museum dedicated to the history of slavery have fallen fallow. We try to find out whether the US Museum of Slavery will ever be a reality.

In 1993, Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder returned from a trip to Africa with plans to to create a museum dedicated to slavery. In a flurry of early activity, he recruited high-profile entertainers and historians for the museum's board, collected thousands of artifacts, and set out to raise $200 million dollars. But over the past five years, Governor Wilder has been silent on the subject, and this past fall, the museum organization filed for bankruptcy. We try to find out whether the US Museum of Slavery will ever be a reality.

Guests

Michael Paul Williams

Columnist, Richmond Times Dispatch

Related Link

Washington Post photos: Donors are wondering what happened to plans for a U.S. National Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg announced nearly 20 years ago.

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lightfoe wrote:

Please tell Michael Paul Williams to stop saying "um." it makes him sound awful and is driving me crazy

Mon, 02/20/2012 - 1:32pm
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