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Hello and Welcome This guide was created to assist you in exploring our galleries. 1st STOP FOUNDERS HALL - FRONT LOBBY The mosaic portraits found on the upper walls were created by artist Thomas Miller to celebrate the educators, community leaders and artists who helped Dr. Margaret Burroughs and her husband Charles establish the Museum in 1961. Mr. Miller also created the larger mixed media murals commemorating Harold Washington, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable and The City of Chicago. 2nd STOP DuSABLE BUST Created by sculptor Robert Jones, this bust celebrates the iconic image of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. 3rd STOP AMES AUDITORIUM The Freedom Now Mural The centerpiece of the Ames Auditorium is the "Freedom Now" mural, created in 1965 by Robert W. Ames This profile-relief wooden mural, chronicles the history of Africans arriving to North America in 1619 and their evolution of becoming "African Americans". The mural begins this journey by observing various complex social structures and diverse aspects of life on the African continent prior to European colonization. The mural also highlights the "Middle Passage" and the African presence in building the American landscape through labor, patriotism, and social activism, and features the portraits of five heroic and influential African Americans. The mural is also a memorial, dedicated, to five Americans that paid the ultimate price for their belief in democracy and "American Ideals" 4th STOP AFRICA SPEAKS Representing only a small portion of DuSable Museum's collection of African art and artifacts, these masks, utilitarian objects, textiles and sculptures come from the five regions of Africa. They represent many ethnic groups, their history and traditions, reaffirming that Africa is a vast and intriguing continent. 5th STOP Red, White Blue & Black: A History of African Americans in the Armed Forces The call to serve one's country has always been the highest claim to citizenship and patriotic responsibility. However, for over 14 million Black men and women their deeds and service have gone unnoticed. Red, White, Blue & Black uses uniforms, photos and artifacts from DuSable Museum's collection. This exhibit does not glorify war, but it honors those who have fought this country's external enemies while having to contend with the internal enemy of racism and inequality. [[image - photograph collage]] 6th STOP SPREAD THE WORD: THE EVOLUTION OF GOSPEL FROM CHICAGO AND BEYOND September 20, 2011 - May 20, 2012 This exhibition represents the evolution of Gospel with its formation in Chicago. The exhibition will provide a historical overview and will include a section on Gospel's growth as a business industry. This will be a lively experience for the visitor, including a section on storefront churches and an