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 Exhibit Organizer: Senator John Heinz History Center 
Description: "Soul Soldiers" explores the issues, actions, reactions, and expressions of life and culture of African Americans as they were impacted by the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. In April 1967 the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in New York City and outlined his opposition to the continuing crisis in South East Asia. One month later correspondent Wallace Terry dispatched his groundbreaking articles based on interviews of African American GI's in Vietnam to Time magazine."Soul Soldiers" explores these issues within 8 sections that touch on topics such as African American casualtiy rates; Black consciousness in Vietnam; women and war; civil rights and the war; and Black cultural perspectives of the Vietnam war. The exhibit demontsrates that Vietnam was no isolated battleground; it was a crucible for African American soldiers' emerging political and cultural consciousness. A winner of the American Association for State and Local History 2007 Leadership in History Award of Merit and the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations Award of Merit, "Soul Soldiers" epitomizes the contradictions of the Vietnam War and the impact it had on the lives of African Americans. Contents: "Soul Soldiers" includes 160 artifacts, original photographs, reprographics, 9 works of art from the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, 3 audio stations featuring 30 songs from the Vietnam era, 4 oral histories of Vietnam veterans and the 13-minute original documentary "The Soul of Vietnam." Available: February - August 2009; 2010 and 2011. Size (linear feet): 205 Security Level: Medium Rental Fee: $12,500 Type of Exhibition: History To schedule, please contact: Samuel W. Black 412.454.6391/412.454.6029 swblack@hswp.org  |
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