The Woodville Republican: African American Museum volunteers needed

Committee discusses plans to open museum and attract visitors

By Roscoe Barnes III

Copyright (c) 2018

#HistoricWoodville
#MississippiHistory

This story is published in The Woodville Republican
(Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018)

I am honored to be part of this exciting opportunity to promote African American history in Woodville, Miss. Thanks to the Woodville Civic Club, I will join Ms. Mildred McGehee, retired Superintendent of Education for Wilkinson County, and others to help recruit volunteers for the African American Museum.

The museum is owned and operated by the Civic Club. It is housed in a historic building behind the courthouse on the corner of Royal Oak Street and Bank Street in the heart of Woodville's historic district. 

Volunteers for this project are essential as they will enable us to open the museum and assist visitors on a regular basis.

In addition to recruiting volunteers, we want to make people aware of this museum and what it has to offer. We also want to be creative and persistent in our promotion of the museum so that people will visit and invite others to come.

I wrote about the museum in two blog posts. The first one is titled “Anne Moody Featured in Mississippi Museum: Artifacts Housed at African American Museum in Woodville” (Jan. 9, 2018), and the second one is “Discovering Mississippi History: Newsletter Sheds Light on History Projects in Wilkinson County” (Feb. 2, 2018)

I look forward to the exciting days ahead as we celebrate history here in southwest Mississippi. #Mississippi

References/Resources:

To arrange a tour of the African American Museum, send request to: info@historicwoodville.com.

Information on the African American Museum and Historic Woodville is available here: http://www.historicwoodville.org and here: http://www.woodvillems.org/about-us/history

For information on the bluesmen featured in the museum, visit:

http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/woodville-blues

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ROSCOE BARNES III, Ph.D., is a writer, chaplain, historian, and former newspaper reporter. He is the author of more than a dozen books and Gospel tracts. For more information about his work and history, see his Personal Profile here or visit his website: http://www.roscoebarnes.net. Connect with him on Twitter (@roscoebarnes3) or by email: roscoebarnes3@yahoo.com.