“Here I Found a Goldmine…:” Celebrating 50 Years of the Amistad Research Center

Named for Dr. Clifton H. Johnson, this exhibit honors Amistad's mission to preserve U.S. ethnic history and justice

The title of this exhibition was derived from a quotation by the Center’s founding director, Dr. Clifton H. Johnson, on records of the American Missionary Association, Amistad’s initial collection. Drawing from its vast library and archival holdings, the materials in this exhibition displayed the scope and breadth of papers, records, books, and more acquired as part of Amistad’s decades-long mission to collect, preserve, and provide access to materials documenting the social and cultural importance of America's ethnic history, human relations, and social justice movements.