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National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is as Baltimore as it gets: scrappy, independent, and trying to do the hard work. It's also a little scruffy in comparison to its more well-heeled peers, but they're still moving in the right direction. At the very end of the exhibits (not documented here) is a sign that says:

"If we endured ALL THIS, SURELY WE CAN solve the difficulties of the moment and WE CAN in unity move confidently onward INTO THE FUTURE."

And that's something I know I want to support.

A wax statue of a black man with a thin mustache wearing a cowboy hat and western shirt.
A wax statue of a black woman in a beautiful dark blue hat and matching dress looks up and to her right with a calm and hopeful expression.
A wax statue of a black man with a frankly wild afro picked out to extraordinary volume that has a white streak over his right eye, and a bushy mustache and goatee sits wearing a grey suit with a black tie and black overcoat. His expression is stern and serious.
A statue of a confident black man in the dress blue uniform of the U.S. Air Force with rank insignia indicating that he is a 4-star general and enough ribbons to make you worry that the weight of them will damage his jacket.
A wax statue of a tall, thin, good-looking black man with a mustache and goatee wearing a navy blue suit.
A wax statue of a black man wearing an old-fashioned navy blue suit with a shirt with rounded collar and am old-fashioned purple satin tie
A wax statue of a black man with a square face and, true to life, a kind expression, wearing a gray suit and tie sits in front of a wall painted to look like a bookshelf.
A wax statue of a black woman in a trench coat and oversized glasses is led down the stairs of a bus in handcuffs by the driver (also a statue).
A wax statue of an older black woman with short graying hair in a simple cream shirt and skirt with a pink shawl stands looking up to the sky.
A wax statue of a black man in the garb of a 17th century aristocrat - a black napoleonic hat with am orange flower, a light blue suit with orange edging and dripping with lace - stands in front of a painted outdoor scene.

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