Great Plains Black Museum, Archives and Interpretive Center

The Great Plains Black Museum and Interpretive Center will provide the greater Omaha metropolitan community with free community educational workshops on African-American history and culture. This program will help dispel the misconception that African-American settlement in the Great Plains was only a 20th-B115century urban phenomenon by demonstrating how African Americans have been actively involved in the exploration, settlement, and development of Nebraska and the Great Plains. The museum will have qualified educators conduct the workshops; research and seek educational community advisement to determine program topics; promote the workshops in regional media; and provide historical artifacts from the museum's collection as workshop study aids. Workshop participants will gain a greater understanding of African-American achievements in the community and nation's history and will have an opportunity to learn how to research their own ancestral history. The museum will use attendance data, post-workshop surveys, and an evaluation of attendees' continuing interest and participation in the museum's programs to assess success.