Meet the Newest Freedom Center Team Member: Brittany Vernon
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Meet the Newest Freedom Center Team Member: Brittany Vernon
This week I would like to honor healers, women that brought the tradition of herbal healing to America from Africa using plants, roots, bark and animals to make medicine. Enslavement brought a lot of healers from Africa. If they came across plants they didn't know, they learned about them from either Native Americans or by trial and error. There was always a healer around that could help ease the pain and suffering of both the enslaved and the free.
Brittany's museum selfie inside And Still We Rise. Featured quilt: Madame C. J. Walker by Latifah Shakir
Hello, my name is Brittany Vernon and I am the newest IMLS Coca Cola Museum Studies Apprentice. I recently graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, with a degree in Africana Studies where I focused on the artistic and literary contributions to American history and culture by African Americans. I have always been interested in history, but it wasn’t until I started learning about African American contributions to American history and culture that I knew it was my passion. I am obsessed with historical artifacts and uncovering the mysterious past lives of the objects and people that are discussed in museums. I am excited about my opportunity to share my passion of history with you and what history I'll uncover during my time at the Freedom Center. It is my hope that I inspire new explorers-- there are stories all around us waiting to be revealed!
Brittany Vernon, IMLS Coca Cola Museum Studies Apprentice
As construction ramps up for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project, closures and detours will affect routes to the Freedom Center. Learn more on the Plan Your Visit page.
