Dr. Carter G. Woodson
“IF A RACE HAS NO HISTORY, IF IT HAS NO WORTH WHILE TRADITIONS, IT BECOMES A NEGLIGIBLE FACTOR IN THE THOUGHTS OF THE WORLD, AND IT STANDS IN DANGER OF BEING EXTERMINATED.”
Wilson Heritage Collections
Wilson Heritage Collections features table-top displays of over 700 artifacts displayed in historical exhibits. Each exhibit includes historical facts and its impact on Black History in the United States of America. These artifacts were found in the states of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
The Wilson Heritage Collections has been on display for over 20 years at several local schools in Montgomery, Alabama during Black History Month. The collection focuses on teaching children as well as adults about the history, promoting life long learners, providing an eye-opening experience that transcend race, and to promote a love of reading through information.
Our museum is mobile and we bring knowledge to you!!!
Storytelling with over 50 exhibits. Each has a story!
The Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King
Presidency of Barack Obama
Booker T. Washington
Women of Color
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks
The Tindol Family History
Buffalo Soldiers
King Cotton
Tuskegee Airman
Blacks in Advertising
George Washington Carver
Michael Jackson
John Lewis
Muhammed Ali
John F. Kennedy
Plus More. . . .
Over 700 artifacts including framed prints, models, pictures, books, magazines, and more.
Our Mission
Wilson Heritage Collections is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, collections, and the exhibition of historical material and information related to the history and culture of African- Americans.
Our Vision
Wilson Heritage Collections vision is to become a valuable educational resource to the community and to become a part of the Civil Rights Trail and the Black Belt National Heritage Area in the Great State of Alabama.
Why is it important to study black History?
- Demonstrate to students how the impossible can be possible.
- Motivate students to be all they can be.
- No matter the situation in life, there is always hope.
- Encourage literacy, reading about people, places and events in history.
- Display the power of education.
- Provide light and understanding of our dark past.
- Develop pride in learning about family history and heritage.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
”We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. Our abundance has brought us neither peace of mind nor serenity of spirit.”
PAST – PRESENT – FUTURE
Knowing the past to shape the future!
Reflect on how far we have come, not only as a race of people, but as Americans.
