Summary: GENE ALEXANDER PETERS, a world renowned Collector had the distinct honor & privilege of meeting, visiting with, and PRIVATELY TOURING Villa Lewaro, America's first female self-made millionaire, the late Madam CJ Walker's estate! Gene Alexander Peters is a cultural history consultant and collector of rare African American artifacts. Using his acclaimed collection -- “THE GENE ALEXANDER PETERS COLLECTION OF RARE & HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTIFACTS” -- he specializes in providing museum exhibitions and educational consultative services. His collection has been exhibited nationally at numerous landmark educational institutions and museums, including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY and the Smithsonian Museum-Anacostia in Washington, DC. Additionally, select collection items have been showcased in book publications such as Jubilee: The Emergence of African American Culture (2003), Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of America (2002), and also featured in the NBC-TV television production 'ROOTS: Celebrating 25 Years' (2002). Mr. Peters has also lectured and exhibited at various national educational conferences and international cultural history conferences, including Senegal (Dakar), Ghana (Accra), and Brazil (Bahia). Mr. Peters is a member of the National Council on Educating Black Children and the Association of African American Museums. He is also a past recipient of the prestigious 'Volunteer-of-the-Year' award from the National Park Service - New York African Burial Ground Project. He currently serves on the board at the Schomburg Corporation and at the Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry (@ The Dr. John Henrik Clarke House), both located in Harlem, NY. For additional information, please visit his website at: WWW.SLAVEHISTORY.ORG.
