In recognition of the inductees life long service to the struggle for the advancement of civil and human rights of people

generally and people of African descent specifically, the inductess have been selected to be inducted into the Hall of Resistance of the Ancient Africa, Enslavement and Civil War Museum (AAECWM).  The induction ceremony is held during the Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee at the museum located at 1410 Water Avenue, Selma, Alabama.

 

The U.S. Civil Rights movement of the 1960s became the modern U.S. Human Rights Movement, at the behest of Malcolm X. It elevated and invigorated resistance movements here and around the world. The Ancient Africa, Enslavement and Civil War Museum, one of a few independent African American museums in the United States, created the Hall of Resistance to honor the contributions of the Black Power, Pan African, and Black Liberation wings of the United States’ Civil/Human Rights Movement. It is a rich and varied legacy of militant resistance to oppression throughout the U.S. and the African Diaspora, from Black Power to the Black Arts Movements.

 

The Hall and its inductions celebrate those who work for Black liberation by resisting mental slavery, teaching Ancient African history, meeting challenges of the day by fostering unity, promoting self determination and Pan African consciousness, and demanding the highest standards of excellence and quality of life for our people. Past inductees include educators, authors, poets, activists whose major focus has been to resist psychological enslavement. Others are leaders of people’s movements in the USA and across the world. Among them are veteran Human Rights activist Winnie Mandela, Pan African activist Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), pioneering African historian John Hendrik Clarke, education reform activist and advocate Dr. Adelaide Sanford, veteran Black Arts Movement leader, educator and publisher Haki Madhubuti, Tupac Enrique, SNCC organizer Willie “Mukasa” Ricks, Trans Africa President Emeritus Randall Robinson, award winning poet and educator Sonia Sanchez, Kwanzaa creator Maulana Karenga, and others.