Online Exhibits
Alaskan Legacy of Juneteenth
Juneteenth, the day enslaved African Americans in Texas finally learned of their emancipation in 1865, reminds us of America’s perpetual quest toward freedom and the life of Melvin Dempsey, whose remarkable journey brought him from bondage in the American South to a leadership role in the fledgling frontier town of Valdez, Alaska. From Slavery to…
Making History: Meet Celeste Addison
Imagine moving to a place to save people with your own version of the truth, only to have that place and its people save you instead. That’s what happened to trailblazing entrepreneur Celeste Addison when she traveled from Kentucky to Valdez, AK with her former husband as a missionary in 2019. She’d been raised as…
