{"id":812,"date":"2014-04-15T14:37:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brazoriahf.org\/site\/?page_id=812"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:58:25","slug":"african-american-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brazoriahf.org\/new\/museum\/african-american-room\/","title":{"rendered":"African-American Heritage Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"812\" class=\"elementor elementor-812\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aaf77ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aaf77ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brazoria Historical Museum<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b988f7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b988f7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d03cb47\" data-id=\"3d03cb47\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e338e0d animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7417f84b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7417f84b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-162cb8e8\" data-id=\"162cb8e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e595e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e595e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">discover more<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e888611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e888611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Connecting the future with Black History.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29bf36d7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"29bf36d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3c523a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c3c523a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"lipsum\"><p>This room was officially opened at the 1933 Old Elementary School, now called the Brazoria Civic Center and opened on Saturday, June 17, 2006.<\/p><p>James Shotwell from the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston, Texas was the featured guest.\u00a0 Mr. Shotwell introduced a movie about the history of the Buffalo Soldiers.\u00a0 Movies were shown in the theater for the rest of the afternoon.<\/p><p>The room is sponsored by the Brazoria Heritage Foundation along with the Brazoria Historical Museum at 202 West Smith Street in Brazoria, Texas.<\/p><p>This room represents Black History in Brazoria County.\u00a0 Nearly all of the items on display were donated from resident\u2019s private collections.\u00a0 The major donors are Billy Sanders and Black History Chairman Berniece Smith.<\/p><p><strong>Displays<\/strong><\/p><p>** Old tools used by the enslaved<\/p><p>** A newspaper article advertising the slave trade<\/p><p>** Old shackles<\/p><p>** Old domestic items used in homes long ago<\/p><p><strong><br \/>Picture Displays\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>** Brazoria County\u2019s most famous former slaves \u2013 Charlie Brown &amp; his wife, Isabella.<\/p><p>** Nathan Haller, one of the first two African-Americans elected to the Texas State Legislature .\u00a0In 1893 he represented Brazoria County during reconstruction.<\/p><p>** Henry O. Tanner, a famous artist from Pennsylvania in which the old black Brazoria school\u00a0was named after.<\/p><p>** Henry O. Tanner School and Teachers in the 1900\u2019s<\/p><p>**\u00a0 Paintings donated by local artists<\/p><\/div><p>**Displays of local artists, poets, authors and business men and women.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-554ea3e0 elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"554ea3e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md elementor-animation-float\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas 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Want to get involved? 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This room was officially opened at the 1933 Old Elementary School, now called the Brazoria Civic Center and opened on Saturday, June 17, 2006. James Shotwell from the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston, Texas was the featured guest.\u00a0 Mr. Shotwell introduced a movie about the history of the Buffalo Soldiers.\u00a0 Movies were shown in the theater for the rest of the afternoon. 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