Why America Needs a Slavery Museum
- 2015
- 7m
The Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. John Cummings, a 78-year-old white southerner, has spent 16 years and more than $8 ... Read allThe Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. John Cummings, a 78-year-old white southerner, has spent 16 years and more than $8 million of his own fortune to build the project, which opened in December of 2014. Cumming... Read allThe Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. John Cummings, a 78-year-old white southerner, has spent 16 years and more than $8 million of his own fortune to build the project, which opened in December of 2014. Cummings, a successful trial attorney, developed the museum with the help of his full-time direct... Read all