NAAM’s Freedom Day celebrates history, culture, equity, and freedom while highlighting the importance of sharing these ideals with ALL members of our community. Freedom Day is a FREE admission day at NAAM offered once a month. NAAM uses Freedom Day to spotlight significant and sometimes lesser known moments throughout history that have worked to advance freedom for all.

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On December 5, 1935, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), a transformative moment in American history that united Black women’s organizations under one powerful banner. Building on her lifelong dedication to education and civic engagement, Bethune created the NCNW to amplify the voices of African American women, promote social justice, and shape national policy. With decades of leadership experience, including the founding of her own school in Daytona Beach, Florida, and service as a government advisor, Bethune believed that lasting change required collective power. Through the NCNW, she provided a platform for women to lead, vote, organize, and advocate for a more just and equitable future. Her vision laid the foundation for the modern Civil Rights Movement and continues to inspire generations of changemakers.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

Corretta Scott King
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Marian Wright Edelman
It only takes one person to mobilize a community and inspire change. Even if you don't feel like you have it in you, it's in you. You have to believe in yourself. People will see your vision and passion and follow you.

Teyonah Parris
Freedom is never given; it is won.

A. Philip Randolph
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Nelson Mandela