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Concord Middle Students Bring Black History to Life Through Living Museum

Eighth-graders embody poets, inventors, athletes and civil rights leaders — connecting national icons and local history to their own lives.

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Chris Miller
Feb 24, 2026
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Elijah Wheeler not only researched Paul Laurence Dunbar, he also dressed like him. Photo credit: Chris Miller.

Monday morning inside the media center at Concord Middle School, history didn’t sit quietly in textbooks.

It stood tall. It spoke. It made eye contact.

Eighth-graders transformed into poets, inventors, civil rights leaders, athletes and entrepreneurs as part of a Black History Month living museum — an immersive project designed to bring the past into the present.

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