‘I could almost cry right now,’ community showing support for activist’s exhibit

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.

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