For the 15th year, Sharon Harper presented her Black history exhibit. This year, it was bigger than ever, highlighting well-known and unknown facts and Black figures throughout U.S. history.
- Video shows a local activist’s expansive Black history exhibit at UW-Green Bay.
- Green Bay mayor, Eric Genrich, and other city officials went to the event. More than 50 students from Franklin Middle School were also in attendance.
- Sharon Harper has created the exhibit for 15 years and has plans to present it outside of February this year.
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story)
Sharon Harper is a notable activist in Green Bay and for the 15th year she created a black history exhibit that now stretches across a 8140 sq. ft. room.
“I’ve been up since five this morning,” Harper said.
Harper said setting everything up can be exhausting.
“It takes two hours but I couldn’t do it by myself,” Harper said. Her son, Shawn, helped her set up the exhibit at UW-GB Thursday morning.