Slave Museum: You Means We's Still Ain't Free Massa?
Shackle Keys - $8 Bucks A Pop
A $200 million slavery museum near the former capital of the Confederacy is being planned in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The brainchild of former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder -- the nation's first black elected governor and the grandson of slaves -- the museum has been in the making for over a decade.
Upon completion in 2008, the 290,000-square-foot museum will include more than 5,000 historic relics of slavery, galleries and a full-scale replica of a Portuguese slave ship.
One problem - we ain't trying to pay for it. Damn you RACISM! (CLICK HERE)
In September, organizers urged each American to donate $8 -- a number symbolizing slave shackles. While that ongoing fundraising effort raised $50,000 in one weekend, folks like comedian Bill Cosby blamed apathy among black folks for keeping donations below the half million dollar mark so far.
"When you go out and get $8 from every African American, you do the math and you come up to this whopping millions of dollars," Cosby said. What he didn't say was how low budget our people can be at times.
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