Photo - Amistad (above)
Middle Passage (below)
Middle Passage (below)
| GALLERY B |
| Replica of the Yates & Milton Drug Store |
When viewing the
exhibit one can see,
paddle bats, hair nets
and items once used
in that era. Viewers
have reminisced on
days gone by and
reflected on the
ownership of Black
business during
segregation.
exhibit one can see,
paddle bats, hair nets
and items once used
in that era. Viewers
have reminisced on
days gone by and
reflected on the
ownership of Black
business during
segregation.
Established in
1923, by Clayton
R. Yates & Lorimer
D. Milton,
the store was one
of Atlanta's first
Black owned
businesses.
1923, by Clayton
R. Yates & Lorimer
D. Milton,
the store was one
of Atlanta's first
Black owned
businesses.
Photo - Yates & Milton
Drugstore
Drugstore
| GALLERY C |
| "Hall of Achievement" |
"Hall of Achievement"
features various
exhibits, art and
interactive programs.
Bellsouth Black History
Calendars: An exhibition
based on the honoring
the accomplishments of
African Americans in the
metropolitan Atlanta
area.
features various
exhibits, art and
interactive programs.
Bellsouth Black History
Calendars: An exhibition
based on the honoring
the accomplishments of
African Americans in the
metropolitan Atlanta
area.
| Photo – APEX Hall of Achievement |
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| "...AND Still I Rise" |
| EXHIBITIONS |
| Celebrating 30 Years 1978-2008 |
Dedicated to the indelible memory of Professor Asa G. Hilliard, III |
| January - August, 2008 |
This exhibit augments the
APEX Museum's film "The
Journey". The area
features artifacts of slavery;
chains, and documents. You
are taken on a Journey
through a period known for
the worst slavery ever
perpetrated on mankind.
This section puts great
emphasis on the resistance
of a people that triumphed
through insurmountable
odds.
*Maafa is a Kiswahili word
used to describe real
calamity, catstrophe,
tradegy or disaster. Dr.
Marimba Ani introduced it
into contemporary
African-American
scholarship as a preferred
reference to the period in
world history, identified as
the Middle Passage or
TransAtlantic Slave Trade.
APEX Museum's film "The
Journey". The area
features artifacts of slavery;
chains, and documents. You
are taken on a Journey
through a period known for
the worst slavery ever
perpetrated on mankind.
This section puts great
emphasis on the resistance
of a people that triumphed
through insurmountable
odds.
*Maafa is a Kiswahili word
used to describe real
calamity, catstrophe,
tradegy or disaster. Dr.
Marimba Ani introduced it
into contemporary
African-American
scholarship as a preferred
reference to the period in
world history, identified as
the Middle Passage or
TransAtlantic Slave Trade.
| GALLERY D |
| "Black Inventors" |
Photo Credits: Africa - National Geographic Dr. Asa Grant Hilliard, III - AJC