The International African-American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina is built on scarred and sacred ground: Gadsden's Wharf, the arrival point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans shipped to the U.S.
The $120 million project, which opened its doors this summer, is no ordinary tourist attraction. The museum is built on scarred and sacred ground: Gadsden's Wharf, the arrival point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans shipped to the U.S.
"I expect different people to feel different things," said Tonya Matthews, CEO and president of the museum."You're going to walk in this space and you're going to engage, and what it means to you is going to be transformational.""This is a site of trauma," Matthews said."But look who's standing here now. That's what makes it a site of joy, and triumph.
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