CAU exhibit to bring Sankofa art to life
Clark Atlanta University will host the Sankofa African-American History Museum on Wheels exhibit Thursday and Friday in the Exhibition Hall of the Thomas W. Cole Jr. Research Center for Science and Technology, 223 James P. Brawley Drive.
Sankofa, is a Ghanaian term that means to “use the wisdom of the past to build the future.”
The will be a historic journey through slavery, the era of King Cotton, and Emancipation. There will also be display of inventions by African Americans.
The exhibit will run both days from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Call 404-880-6194 for details.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
