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Roanoke Virginia's Harrison Museum of African American Culture-Chronicling 400-year history

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published February 5, 2018 at 4:44 AM PST
Dr. Charles Price (right), President of the Harrison Museum of African American Culture in Roanoke, VA visits with correspondent Tom Wilmer
Harrison Museum

Situated in the Center in the Square in the heart of downtown Roanoke, Virginia, The Harrison Museum of African American Culture deftly showcases the African American experience with a focus on Western Virginia and the Blue Ridge Roanoke region. 

Exhibits include traditional African tribal arts, and historical interpretive displays.

Join Charles Price, President at the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.

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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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