At Tennessee River Museum in Savannah TN the history of Black people is completely erased

Tennessee River Museum in Savannah TN, like many river museums I've visited that extensively explore area history including the geology, native people, steamboat era, musseling & fishing, and a great deal about the civil war without ever once mentioning slavery, emancipation or African Americans in any way. Black people are completely missing from the story told by this Southern museum

Tennessee River Museum in Savannah TN, like many river museums I’ve visited that extensively explore area history including the geology, native people, steamboat era, musseling & fishing, and a great deal about the civil war without ever once mentioning slavery, emancipation or African Americans in any way. Black people are completely missing from the story told by this Southern museum. #shantyboat #africanamerican #history #museums #whosehistory #whitewash #secrethistory #blacklivesmatter #blackhistory — at Savannah, Tennessee
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