![]() Shanna Batton Aguirre, a fourth generation descendant of Nat Turner, holds a box containing what some believe is Turner’s skull. Just over two decades later, in 2004, the Great Blacks in Wax Museum was recognized by the United States Congress and was designated The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. They originally presented the figures at schools and community centers in Baltimore, Maryland, but after garnering donations and grants, the figures were permanently installed at the Great Blacks in Wax Museum in 1983. ![]() The Martins had wax heads made in the likenesses of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune and Nat Turner, then used department store mannequins for the bodies. The Martins wanted to teach Black history in a way that would grab the attention of school children -so they did it with wax. Joanna and Elmer Martin, co-founders of The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum (photo: ) Joanna Martin, were most definitely among those select few. There are also, however, a select few museums of renown that are built up from a grassroots level by community members determined to inform and educate future generations about history and culture from an authentic and engaging perspective. For more Good Black News, check out or search and follow anywhere on social.īy Lori Lakin Hutcherson ( museums with a national profile are created and built by cities, states or institutions that work with curators and major funding. Beats provided by freebeats.io and produced by White Hot. This has been a daily drop of Good Black News, based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar for 2022,” published by Workman Publishing, and available at, Amazon, Bookshop and other online retailers. If you want to learn more about the Martins and the Great Blacks in Wax Museum, check out the links provided in today’s show notes. Just over two decades later, in 2004, the Great Blacks in Wax Museum was recognized by the United States Congress and designated The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. They originally presented the figures at schools and community centers in Baltimore, Maryland but after garnering donations and grants, the figures were upgraded, expanded in number, and permanently installed at the Great Blacks in Wax Museum in 1983. The Martins had wax heads made in the likenesses of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Nat Turner, then used department store mannequins for the bodies. Joanna Martin, wanted to teach Black history in a way that would grab kids’ attention-so they did it with wax. It’s in the category for Black Museums and Landmarks we call “Get the Knowledge”: Hey, this Lori Lakin Hutcherson, founder and editor in chief of, here to share with you a daily drop of Good Black News for Thursday, February 3rd, 2022, based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar” published by Workman Publishing. (Also available for streaming and download at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, rss.com or create your own RSS Feed.) By Lori Lakin Hutcherson ( is GBN’s Daily Drop for Thursday, February 3rd, 2022, about the creation of The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore, MD, the first all African-American wax museum in the U.S.
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