The Museum for Black Girls celebrates 'Black Girl Magic,' and it'll be open in October.
DENVER — After stops in Houston and Washington, D.C., the"I like to say it’s a vibrant interactive space celebrating the journeys, stories and histories of Black women 21-48 and also highlighting Black artists," Charlie Billingsley said.
She founded the museum four years ago at her friend's boutique. It was supposed to be a one-night thing, but Billingsley quickly realized how badly a space like this was needed. "You can walk into any gallery right now and there’s not very much representation of Black women, and the world deserves to be educated on how much we’ve impacted this world and what we have achieved," she said."Black women deserve to be celebrated and given their flowers, because we don’t get that often."
After that night in her friend's place, Billingsley pulled her friends and family together for support.Billingsley's aunt, Von Ross, is the museum's co-creator. She said it's a spot where young Black girls can come and be seen. "We wanted to create an opportunity where we show and support our community and we show all the great things we’ve done," she said."The Museum for Black Girls is like a selfie museum and a regular traditional museum had a baby and it was us," Ross said.
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