‘It’s everybody’s history’: Plano’s African American Museum to reopen Saturday
“It’s our history — and by our, I mean it’s everybody’s history. It’s nothing that we are ashamed of because we wereThomas is the daughter of the museum’s founder, Ben Thomas, who opened Collin County’s sole Black history museum in 2004. But PAAM was shuttered in 2011 after its primary funding fell through.
She looks forward to seeing the physical museum, which she used to drive past without realizing its significance. “Even though we didn’t have much of nothing, we still had community,” Thomas said. “We had a life, and it was a good life for the most part.”On opening day, the museum will have an exhibit on the community, “This is Douglass: Faith, Family, Forever,” that will feature old photos of families who have lived in the neighborhood.
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