Hampton University Graduate Named to Head the Civil War Museum in the Capital of the Confederacy

The American Civil War Center in Richmond, Virginia, has announced the appointment of Christy S. Coleman as its new president. Coleman is the museum’s first African-American director.

Coleman previously served as president of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History in Detroit. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Hampton University.

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