The goal was to raise $100,000 to expand and renovate the museum located on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Tyler.<\/p>\n
TYLER, Texas The Texas African American Museum and the Empowerment Community Development Corporation held its annual gala and fundraiser Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The goal was to raise $100,000 to expand and renovate the museum located on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Tyler<\/p>\n
That goal was surpassed at the gala, with guest speaker Dr. Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the former wife Muhammad Ali, who announced she was donating $1 million to the museum. Dr. Camacho-Ali was married to the boxing great from 1967-1976.<\/p>\n
\"All I can say before I make my speech is I am actually going to donate $1 million to the Texas African American Museum,\" said Dr. Camacho-Ali. \"I'm here to express the fact that we need to know our history, we do not have a future without it. We don't live in the past, but we learn from the past.\"<\/p>\n
She also shared her personal story and the journey she and Muhammad Ali shared during the Civil Rights era; along with the legacy her ex-husband still carries today.<\/p>\n
Dr. Camacho-Ali says her love for Black history inspired her to give this generous donation to the museum in an effort to help expand and educate the East Texas community.<\/p>\n
\"It's very important,\" said Dr. Camacho-Ali. \"I'm an educator and I love to have deep and in-depth information about our history. This is education for our future children, they need to know and be impacted by what's been told in their story, positive or negative; it's all a plus in the long run.\"<\/p>\n
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