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Texas African American Museum

Name: Texas African American Museum in Tyler to host Black History Month gala
Uploaded: 2023-02-07T10:05:49-08:00
Duration: 5 min 57 s
Channel: CBS19
Description: Video featuring Texas African American Museum, a museum in Tyler, Smith County, Texas.

Tyler · Smith County · Dedicated 2016 · THC Atlas #4200001520

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About this site

Texas African American Museum is a museum in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 2016. It is one of 5 museums documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 287 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.3706, -95.3038 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is President's House at Texas College (historic place), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Martin Hall at Texas College, D. R. Glass Library at Texas College, and Cedar Street United Methodist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001520. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Texas African American Museum in Tyler was co-founded in 2016 by Gloria Washington and Clarence Shackleford as a branch of the Empowerment Community Development Corporation, a Tyler nonprofit devoted to education and preservation. In November 2020 the City of Tyler donated the former Fire Station No. 4 to house the museum, which opened there on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2021. Its exhibitions preserve and celebrate African American history at both national and local levels, including Tyler's own difficult racial past.

Sources: easttexashistory.org cbs19.tv 5fc5b9f6a68df.site123.me

📍 32.3706, -95.3038 · Tyler, Smith County

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