The AACC is striving to be self-sustaining. Plans for the acquisition of additional land for the construction of a major museum complex are being developed. A permanent and mobile exhibit of, "Women of Note" is one of the museum’s new outstanding expansion projects. Plans for the display of a reproduction of the "Amistad" Slave Ship are being developed. The mutiny on the "Amistad" symbolizes the first Civil Rights Case in America and a pronounced example of how the judicial appellate system worked in America and North Carolina. A drama, telling the Amistad Story will be produced during July and August annually. The history of The Benjamin Spaulding Family (NC Mutual Life Insurance Co.) will be presented and preserved in a 4th exhibit house.
Groups which have visited the Complex have come from schools, churches, sororities, fraternities, community organizations and organized group tours. Individuals have come as a result of referrals by tourist center tours and individual testimony. With increased volunteers, staff, upgraded mobile and permanent exhibits, electronic lectures and brochures, the AACC will be able to provide more service to a broader and larger society.
Dr. Tonea Harris Stewart, Actress, was designated "National Spokesperson" for the AACC, while Christopher Coombs, Jr. (nine years old-Durham) was designated "National Youth Spokesperson" for the Amistad Project.
Non-Profit Founded in 1984, the Organization for African American Heritage Preservation Cultural Complex (AACC) is a Chartered organization by the state of North Carolina (October 13, 1994) and tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3), with a Foundation Classification of 509(a)(2). AACC operates with a lease agreement at 119 Sunnybrook Road, Raleigh, NC (a site zoned "museum" by the Raleigh City Council in February 1995). The AACC Enjoys a $1.00 per year rental agreement with options to extend or to buy (thanks to Curators Dr. E. B. and Mrs. Juanita B. Palmer).
African American Cultural Complex
119 Sunnybrook Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610-1827
Office Telephone
919-250-9336