Just in time for Juneteenth, the Plano African American Museum is celebrating by reopening its doors to the public.
African American Museum is celebrating by reopening its doors to the public, using Juneteenth weekend to not only remember the past, but secure the future."It’s a celebration of freedom, a celebration of who we are. Who we were, and who we are, and because it’s a celebration of that, why not celebrate this beautiful community," said Dollie Thomas, director of the museum.The building was bought by the Thornton family in 1909.
"When you think about it, Christopher Columbus, he had a Black man that brought him over here. He had been here before, so they came long before slavery," Thomas said. "I didn’t know anything about Africans other than slaves coming in, and when I started learning about it, it was absolutely fascinating to me," she said.
History about enslavement and freedom here in Texas, and essential to the fabric of the Douglass community in Plano, which is stitched together. Girl Scout Zara Jones helped curate the museum by building an online version of the museum during the pandemic, tying in local and national history."I felt like my peers need to know about it. I felt like other communities need to know about it, to tap in so they can also research about their history as well," Jones said.
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