The Museum's Mission....is to serve the Community by providing a Forum for the
promotion of Human Achievements and Cultural Enhancement Programs, also
to Exhibit Exceptional Representative Arts and Industrial Expositions.
The Museum's Vision...is to be Instrumental in providing Leadership in the Pre-
servation, Interpretation and Conservation of the History and Evolution of all
people of African Descent. Furthermore; the Museum's Public Programming Components creates excitement in discovery and learning and encourages people of all nationalities to explore the Arts and History in meaningful ways.
The major Anchors that describes the Museum's Public Programming recognizes
the Cultural Acheivements, Gifts, Lineage and Unique Expressions that people of African Ancestry and World Communities share. Also our programming anchors
on Contemporary narratives which relates to current events and focuses on our
ever changing universe.
Remarks:Our museum will began operations as suitable facilities and adequate fundings are found.
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ABOUT OUR MUSEUM
Deacon T.C. & Church Mother Paz Sirl
Saint Paul
Missionary Baptist Church
Santa Maria, CA
Southern California Central Coast African American Pioneers
(Past / Present)
African American Civil Rights & Political Leaders
African American Religious Leaders
African American Business Pioneers & Leaders
Mary Mcleod Bethune
African American Pioneers in Science & Engineering
* Mary McLeod Bethune
* Born: July 10, 1875; in Mayesville,
South Carolina
* Died: May 18, 1955
* Founded the Daytona Norma &
Industrial Institute of Negro Girls in
1904 (now Betune-Cookan College)
* President of National Association of
Colored Women
* Delegate & Advisor to National
* Conferences on education, Child
Welfare, & Home Ownership.
* Director of Negro Affairs in National
Youth Administration (1936-1944)
* Served as consultant of the U.S.
Secretary of War for selection of the
first female Officer Candidates.
* Vice President of the NAACP
* Awarded the Haitian Medal of Honor
& Merit.
* In Liberia she received the honor of
Commander of the Order of the Star of Africa.
*Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Administrator of the
National Aeronautics
& Space Administration
*Born: August 19, 1946,
in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
* Alma mater: U.S. Naval Academy & University
of Southern California
* Retired U.S. Marine
Corps Major General, & * Former NASA Astronaut.
* Bishop John Drew Shear Sr.
* Bishop Charles Harrison Mason
* Born: September 8, 1866
* Died: November 17, 1961
* American Pentecostal - Holiness & Charismatic, Denomination
Leader
* Founder, Chief Apostle
Presiding Bishop of the Church
of God in Christ
* Note: Current the Church has an Estimated ( 6.5-Million) Members
(World-wide) on it's roles.
Pastor Henry Littleton Lewis, Jr.
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Santa Maria, CA
Rosa Parks
Elder / Pastor Orie & 1st. Lady
Gladys Johnson
Victory Harvest Church of God In Christ
Santa Maria,CA
Bishop Herman Burns
Santa Maria, CA
Elder Julion Bond
Mount Zion Church of God In Christ
Santa Maria, CA
Deacon Fred Hamalton
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Santa Maria. CA
Pastor/Superintendent Julius A. & 1st. Lady-Missionary Betty J. Ford
Mount Zion Church of God In Christ
Santa Maria, CA
Brother George Nathaniel Simpson
Victory Harvest Church Of God In Christ Santa Maria, CA
Revern Clyde Robert Robert Gatewood; Sr.
Victory Harvest Church of God In Christ
Santa Maria, CA
