About the Museum

The Greene County African American Museum is dedicated to the empowerment of and truth-telling about African American lives in Greene County, Georgia.

The Museum is designed to inspire a clarity of heart and mind by sharing with all the important contributions and stories of Greene County’s African American community throughout its history to the present day.

Director and Founder Greene County African American Museum Mamie Hillman

Mamie Hillman is a social entrepreneur, organizer, educator and historian who has committed her life to honoring her ancestors by establishing a world in which their descendants, African Americans in and around Greene County, Georgia, can flourish. Knowing that she is the wildest dream of her ancestors, she has worked without ceasing since 1995 to establish the Greene County African American Museum in Greensboro, GA, scheduled to open October 2020, a place where the truth will be told about Black lives in Greene County, from forced migration to enslavement to Reconstruction to Jim Crow to Civil Rights to today. Mamie’s first book, Black America Series: Greene County Georgia (Arcadia Press, 2004), tells the story of Black life in the County from its origins to today. She is preparing to publish her second book, The Finest of the Wheat: The History of Greene County’s African American Churches 1844-2003. A revered and beloved community activist, Mamie founded and continues to lead Empowering Parents for Troubled Times, offering services and programs to help families prevent, manage and recover from violence in Greene County. Mamie was honored to be named a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellow in their Citizens Participating in Rural Communities Program.