Category Archives: Northwest African American Museum
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Controversy at the Northwest African American Museum
When Kwame Garrett and his friends intervened at the opening of the NAAM, they declared that the museum was a “Sham” . The reason is that they felt that the programs planned by the museum did not reach out to the youth who were vulnerable and dying in the street because of police brutality. The […]
This entry was posted on March 13, 2008 and is filed under Northwest African American Museum. -
Northwest African American Museum Opens in Seattle!
Hundreds of People Turned Out for the Grand Opening of the Northwest African American Museum After so many years this was a landmark event. It began with eight years of sit ins by Wyking Kwame Garrett, his father and many other activists who saved the building from demolition at the time of the construction of […]
This entry was posted on March 11, 2008 and is filed under Northwest African American Museum.