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Gallery: Evansville African American Museum

Evansville Courier & Press
Dexter Elementary fifth graders arrive at the Evansville African American Museum on Lincoln Avenue for a tour Friday, February 15, 2019.
Dexter Elementary fifth graders arrive at the Evansville African American Museum on Lincoln Avenue for a tour Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Standing in front of a display honoring local Rhythm and Blues singer Timmy Thomas, museum worker Janice Hale leads a group of Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Lincoln Avenue Friday, February 15, 2019.
Standing in front of a display honoring local Rhythm and Blues singer Timmy Thomas, museum worker Janice Hale leads a group of Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Lincoln Avenue Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Dexter Elementary School fifth grader Logan Smallwood, 10 years-old, watches a video on the Baptist Town area of Evansville during a tour of the African American Museum Friday, February 15, 2019.
Dexter Elementary School fifth grader Logan Smallwood, 10 years-old, watches a video on the Baptist Town area of Evansville during a tour of the African American Museum Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Dexter Elementary teacher, Lynne Farmer, talks about a display on University of Evansville graduate and television personality Ron Glass during a tour by the school’s fifth graders of the Evansville African American Museum Friday, February 15, 2019.
Dexter Elementary teacher, Lynne Farmer, talks about a display on University of Evansville graduate and television personality Ron Glass during a tour by the school’s fifth graders of the Evansville African American Museum Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Dexter Elementary teacher, Lynne Farmer, talks to students during a tour by the school’s fifth graders of the Evansville African American Museum Friday, February 15, 2019.
Dexter Elementary teacher, Lynne Farmer, talks to students during a tour by the school’s fifth graders of the Evansville African American Museum Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Dexter Elementary teacher, Lynne Farmer, talks about a display on the 1940 Lincoln High School basketball team that won a national title Friday, February 15, 2019.
Dexter Elementary teacher, Lynne Farmer, talks about a display on the 1940 Lincoln High School basketball team that won a national title Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Janice Hale leads a group of Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Lincoln Avenue Friday, February 15, 2019.
Janice Hale leads a group of Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Lincoln Avenue Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Museum worker Janice Hale leads a group of Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Friday, February 15, 2019.
Museum worker Janice Hale leads a group of Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Friday, February 15, 2019.
Dexter Elementary fifth graders on a tour of the Evansville African American Museum on Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
A detail of a quilt on display at the Evansville African American Museum on Friday, February 15, 2019.
A detail of a quilt on display at the Evansville African American Museum on Friday, February 15, 2019.
MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence