The DuSable Museum of African American History is the first and oldest museum dedicated to the history of African-Americans. It was founded 1961 by Dr. Margaret and Charles Burroughs. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...

Dr. Burroughs and many others were correcting the apparent omission of black history, contribution, and culture in most, museums and academic establishments. They origianally founded the museum as the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art. In 1968, the museum was renamed Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable, a Haitian fur tradeder and the first non-Native-American permanent settler in Chicago. In 1971, the Chicago Park District gave the use of an old park administration building in Washington Park as the site for the museum. In 1993, the museum expanded a new wing bearing the name of the late Mayor Harold Washington, the first African-American mayor of Chicago. Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable (c. ... A Sioux in traditional dress including war bonnet, about 1908 Native Americans â€“ also Indians, American Indians, First Nations, First Peoples, Indigenous Peoples of America, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerind, Native Canadians (or of other nations) â€“ are those peoples indigenous to the Americas, living there prior to European colonization. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... historic townhouses in Washington Park Washington Park refers to a neighborhood and a park on the South Side of Chicago, USA. Washington Park is a 380 acre (1. ... Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922-November 25, 1987) was a lawyer, legislator and the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, Illinois serving from 1983 until his death in 1987. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

The museum is dedicate to the study and conservation of African-American history, culture, and art. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, American-African or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

External Link

• The DuSable Museum's Website