Alexandria Black History Museum

Black Lives Remembered Collection

 

  • 1 BLRC Title : Black Lives Remembered Collection at the Alexandria Black History Museum embodies the local community's response to the tragedy of George Floyd and the continued fight for racial equality.

    Black Lives Remembered Collection at the Alexandria Black History Museum embodies the local community's response to the tragedy of George Floyd and the continued fight for racial equality.

  • 11 Floyd Case : Wall graphics include quotes, poetry and comments relating to local George Floyd demonstrations.

    Wall graphics include quotes, poetry and comments relating to local George Floyd demonstrations.

  • 2 BLRC Wall Elevations : The Parker-Gray Gallery is a dynamic mixed use space for presentations, displays and events.

    The Parker-Gray Gallery is a dynamic mixed use space for presentations, displays and events.

  • 8 Entry Pano : The entry banner, monitors and cases display a variety of the community's collected expressions surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement.

    The entry banner, monitors and cases display a variety of the community's collected expressions surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement.

  • 4 BLRC small panels : George Floyd's arrest & murder, brought new urgency to the Black Lives Matter protest movement. This collection documents the City of Alexandria's community response for future generations.

    George Floyd's arrest & murder, brought new urgency to the Black Lives Matter protest movement. This collection documents the City of Alexandria's community response for future generations.

  • 9 Arch Pano : Monitors update and display items as the collection continues to grow.

    Monitors update and display items as the collection continues to grow.

  • 3 BLRC main panels : Alexandria City officials' personal statements for racial equality, against white supremacy and police violence, support the exhibition.

    Alexandria City officials' personal statements for racial equality, against white supremacy and police violence, support the exhibition.

  • 7 Stage Pano : Wood vessels hold soil from the ground where Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas were lynched in Alexandria. Rememberance Banners hang in Alexandria each year on the dates of the lynchings.

    Wood vessels hold soil from the ground where Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas were lynched in Alexandria. Rememberance Banners hang in Alexandria each year on the dates of the lynchings.

  • 5 BLRC Stage Gfx : The collection preserves the history of Black lives lost in acts of racial terror and hate, and local reaction.

    The collection preserves the history of Black lives lost in acts of racial terror and hate, and local reaction.

  • 6 BLRC Stage City Objects : Capturing history almost as it happened, ABHM documents Alexandria's local response to George Floyd's legacy, and creates the Black Lives Remembered Collection.

    Capturing history almost as it happened, ABHM documents Alexandria's local response to George Floyd's legacy, and creates the Black Lives Remembered Collection.

After the tragic murder of George Floyd in 2022, ABHM called upon the local community to record their feelings, thoughts, and supply artwork, photographs, and objects that help the museum preserve the response to this tragedy and the wave of peaceful protests and vigils that followed, in Alexandria.

 

The objects and digital photographs received from the local community form the basis of the Museum’s new Black Lives Remembered Collection.  

 

This was the museum's inaugural exhibit opening after the covid 19 lockdown. See items from the on-line collection here.

 

 

Client: Alexandria Black History Museum
Project: Black Lives Remembered Collection
Role: Exhibit & Graphic Design, Copy Editing
Location: Alexandria, VA