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Transcript of America I AM
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TAVIS SMILEY, The Smiley Group, Inc., 4434 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90043 (323) 290-4690 [email protected]
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Exhibition Overview
• America I AM celebrates 500 years of African American contributions to the nation —Includes artifacts, documents, multimedia, photos and music
• America I AM is a Global Touring Exhibition —United States cities include: Philadelphia, Washington, DC., New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, and Kansas City
• America I AM received the prestigious THEA award in 2010 for its innovative ability to educate visitors
• Over 700,000 visitors to date have attended America I AM
• Only exhibit to have 4 of the 6 historic documents that changed America: Declaration of Independence,Emancipation Proclamation, 13th & 14th Amendments
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Exhibition Background
• Developed in Partnership with Arts & Exhibitions International — Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt — Diana: A Celebration — Titanic: The Exhibition — Real Pirates — Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs — Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
• The exhibition was guided by an Advisory Panel of leading scholars —FathDavisRuffins,curatorfortheSmithsonianAmerican Museum of History — John Fleming, Director Emeritus of Museums, the Cincinnati Museum Center — Cornel West, Professor of Religion & African American Studies, Princeton University — Henry Louis Gates Jr., Director of the W.E.B. Dubois Institute for African & American Research, Harvard University
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About the Creator
• Tavis Smiley is the presenter and creative force behind America I AM
• Broadcaster, author, advocate and philanthropist — Tavis Smiley on PBS — The Tavis Smiley Show and Smiley & West
• Author of 15 books including New York Times bestseller, Covenant with Black America
• In 2009, Time magazine named Smiley one of “The Worlds MostInfluentialPeople”
• Tavis Smiley Foundation which provides leadership training and development for the next generation of leaders
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A Journey from Struggle to Triumph
• America I AM: The African American Imprint• America I AM: You • America I AM: Your History• America I AM: Africa• America I AM: Inextricable• America I AM: Justice• America I AM: The Voice Of Freedom• America I AM: Denied But Not Defeated• America I AM: Spirit• America I AM: Your Conscience• America I AM: Triumph • America I AM: Imprint
Twelve galleries and 15,000 square feet
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Making Headlines Across America
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More Headlines Across America
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Over 200 Exhibition Artifacts
• A handwritten speech by Dr. Martin Luther King
• The gloves Ali wore when he knocked out Sonny
Liston
• The guitar Prince used during his half-time show
at Super Bowl XLI
• Michael Jordan’s uniform
• Personal items from Abraham Lincoln
• The doors to the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana
(Doors of no Return)
• Motown memorabilia
• Robe and gavel of Thurgood Marshall
• 8mmmoviesshotbytheTuskegeefighterpilots
in World War II
• The Birmingham jail cell door that held Dr. King
• Partner Institutions: Smithsonian, National Archives, Library of
Congress, Moorland Spingarn Research
Center at Howard University, Schomburg
Research Center of the New York Library,
and Cincinnati Museum Center.
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Socio-political Artifacts
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Economic Artifacts
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Artifacts that Celebrate Culture
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Artifacts that Celebrate Culture
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Artifacts that Fuel the Spirit
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"Unpralleled opportunity to walk through Black history, American history, and human history."
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"A beautiful way to see and understand the story of African Americans."
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Celebrating what African Americans have achieved over their 500 year journey.
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What's Your Imprint?