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Statement on the Passing of Artist and Scholar, Dr. David C. Driskell
Spencer Crew, interim director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, posted the following statement on the passing of Dr. David C. Driskell. The preeminent artist and art historian who died April 1 at the...Read More
Statement on the Death of Historian, Writer and Curator Maurice Berger
Spencer Crew, interim director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, today March 23, released the following statement on the passing of Maurice Berger, historian, writer and curator whose work helped shape...Read More
Statement on the Passing of Renowned Restaurateur B. Smith
Spencer Crew, interim director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, released the following statement today, Feb. 25, on the death of model, restaurateur, author and entrepreneur B. Smith.Read More
Statement on the Death of Renowned Abstract Painter Edward Clark, a Pioneering Artist in Post-War Abstraction
Spencer Crew, interim director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, released the following statement today, Nov. 19, on the death of renowned painter Edward Clark (1926–2019).Read More
The Museum In The News
A Look at African-American History, Through the Numbers
Scholars’ estimates vary dramatically, but the National Museum of African American History and Culture uses these figures: Around 20,000 free or enslaved black colonials sided with the British, while more than 5,000 fought with the colonial...Read More
Two Experiences, Two Stories of Injustice
Following the summit, my wife and I spent a day in the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Together these two experiences filled me with an acute awareness of the continuing injustices committed by powerful...Read More
‘The Mash Up’ Remixes Hip-hop Photos with Graffiti
Adams is a visual artist whose work now hangs in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. He first made his name as Def Jam Records first-ever creative director in the 80s.Read More
Black Is Back
The new museums and historic sites would be happy to achieve a fraction of the success of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. That museum, which occupies a prime location on the National Mall, drew 2.4 million visitors in...Read More
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