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Handmade Fabric Tribal Choker
20.00Handmade by a local artist, these beautiful necklaces are lightweight and travel well.Add to cartQuantitySavannah Sauce Company
9.00 - 18.00Savannah Sauce Company is a local black owned organization who allocate profits from sales towards helping homeless Veterans.Add to cartSelectQuantityOn Jordan's Stormy Banks
14.95During the Great Depression, the Federal Writers’ Project engaged jobless writers and researchers to interview former slaves about their experiences in bondage. Most of the interviewees were by then in their eighties and nineties, and their memories were soon to be lost to history. The effort was a huge success, eventually encompassing more than two thousand interviews and ten thousand pages of material across seventeen states. This collection presents the personal narratives of twenty-eight former Georgia slaves.Add to cartQuantityOn Slavery and the Civil War
3.00This book includes representative selections from the speeches and writings of this great statesman, with topics focusing on the slave trade, the Civil War, suffrage for African-Americans, reconstruction in the South, and other vital issues.
A powerful voice for human rights throughout much of the 19th century, Douglass remains highly respected today for his fight against racial injustice.Add to cartQuantityGreat Speeches by Frederick Douglas
5.00Author, abolitionist, political activist, and philosopher, Frederick Douglass was a pivotal figure in the decades of struggle leading up to the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. This inexpensive compilation of his speeches adds vital detail to the portrait of a great historical figure.Add to cartQuantityThe Weeping Time
24.99n 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates. This book is one of the first to analyze the operation of this auction and trace the lives of slaves before, during, and after their sale. Immersing herself in the personal papers of the Butlers, accounts from journalists that witnessed the auction, genealogical records, and oral histories, Anne C. Bailey weaves together a narrative that brings the auction to life.Add to cartQuantityThe Live of Olaudah Equiano
5.00It is the engrossing story in living detail of an Igbo prince, his enslavement, and freedom. This is the book that, through its nine popular editions, was influential in turning public opinion against slavery in Britain and her colonies.Add to cartQuantityAfrican American Leaders Coloring Book
5.00African American Leaders celebrates the diversity, history, and accomplishments of African Americans in North America. Used widely in schools around the nation for educational purposes. Notebook style book with a colorful plastic spiral binding. 24 pages in this coloring book, hours of coloring fun with games, puzzles, mazes and connect the dots.QuantityAll options are out of stockAdd to cartFamous African-American Women Coloring Book
4.99The contributions of African-American women to education, civil rights, government, literature, the performing arts, athletics, and other areas are documented in this carefully rendered coloring book. Forty-five illustrations portray activist Coretta Scott King, educator Mary McLeod Bethune, actresses Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters, singers Marian Anderson and Ella Fitzgerald, writers Maya Angelou and Zora Neale Hurston, athletes Althea Gibson and Wilma Rudolph, as well as: Sojourner Truth; Phillis Wheatley; Oprah Winfrey; and many other notable figures.Add to cartQuantityShow more
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Closed for the following Holidays: New Year’s Eve New Year’s Day (Day after New Year’s Day) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day St. Patrick’s Day Observance July 4th Labor Day Thanksgiving Day After Thanksgiving Christmas Eve Christmas Day Closed to the Public when Private Events are held at either museum. Closed when severe weather conditions occurs (T-Storms ,etc are indicate by the national weather systems as a severe warning). Closed when events are held in the City of Savannah or City Limits that required streets closing (marathons, parades and so on). Mobility Access: All galleries at the Beach Institute are wheelchair accessible. Accessible Entrance and Parking: The wheelchair entrance is located in the garden entrance of the Beach Institute from Price Street Lane. There are accessible parking spaces immediately outside the wheelchair entrance located directly behind the museum on the Price Street Lane. An elevator provides access to the upstairs galleries. Accessible Programs: The museums offer programs by appointment for audiences with special needs. Each year, the museums schedule visits for non-profit organizations serving senior and individuals with disabilities. For more information or to request a visit, please call 912.335.8868 or email kingtisdell@bellsouth.net Sketching: Sketching is permitted in the galleries (pencil only, no ink or paint) with sketchbooks no larger than 8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm). No easels, stools, or sketching while sitting on the floor is permitted. If galleries are crowded, staff may ask visitors to stop sketching or writing. Photography for Studio Projects or Class Assignments: All Visitors must obtain and signs a onetime image-usage permission form from museum staff. And visitors must also provide museum staff with official documentation concerning the Studio Project or Class Assignment while visiting the museums. Still photography and video taken from a handheld device are permitted for personal, noncommercial use. The camera must be at least three (3) feet from the work of art. Flash photography, tripods, additional lights and extension cords are not allowed. Additional Guidelines: • No Touching. Visitors must at all times remain at least two feet away from all artworks and must not touch any paintings, sculptures, books, foyer furniture, or displays. • No Photographs. Visitors are not permitted to take any photographs inside the Museums at any time for any reason. This includes cell phone cameras and video recording devices of any kind. • No Food or Beverage. No food or beverages are permitted inside the Museums. • No Smoking. Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside the Museums or immediately outside the entrance. • No Firearms. Firearms are not permitted in the Museums. • No Pets. Pets are not permitted in the Museum, except service dogs for the disabled. • No Cellular Phones. All cellular phones and other electric devices must be turned off or put on vibrate before touring the museums. • Strollers: Baby strollers are welcome. • Children. All children must be supervised at all times by their accompanying adults. (Due to the fragile nature of the collection and the intimate environment in the galleries, children under the age of 8 must be supervised at all time while inside of the museums, and children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by at least one adult for every four children).
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