As part of our Black History Month programming, the fifth and eighth grades visited the Ruby and Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum. Jeffrey Fletcher opened the museum last year, which hosts a collection of artifacts from American History dating from enslavement through the Civil Rights Movement. The museum is an important but difficult look at the harsh truths of our country, and the students were able to contextualize their learning of American History in their humanities classes by viewing the exhibits. The museum follows a chronological path, taking visitors from the rich and diverse cultures of African civilizations, through the horrors of the Middle Passage and chattel slavery, to notable groups such as the Pullman porters and the Tuskegee Airmen, the Civil Rights Movement, and a finally a celebratory retrospective of influential African Americans. The students asked excellent questions at the museum and reflected on the experience once we returned to school. It was a powerful example of how artifacts tell complex stories and the importance of a comprehensive historical education.