Groundbreaking Exhibition To Open At The DuSable Museum April 18, 2008

Chicago, IL. (10 April 2008)—- The DuSable Museum of African American History will present the most comprehensive exhibition to ever explore the issues of the Vietnam War from an African American perspective. “Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era,” which tells the story of the impact of the Vietnam War on African American life and culture by examining both Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement.

Chicago, IL. (10 April 2008)—- The call to serve one’s country has always been of special significance in conferring the highest claim of citizenship and patriotic responsibility. The irony however, for the more than 14 million Black men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States, the right to serve, fight and die for America has been a battle of its own long before the colonies enlisted its first militia.

Chicago, IL.—- The DuSable Museum of African American History pays tribute to journalist, Lerone Bennett, Jr., Executive Editor Emeritus of Ebony Magazine with a special exhibit entitled, WISDOM OF WORDS: Lerone Bennett Jr., The People’s Historian. The exhibition runs through Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the Museum, which is located at 740 East 56th Place (57th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue) in Chicago.