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National Museum of African American History and Culture Presents Its First Virtual Symposium “Making African America” Examining Role of Black Immigration on America
From “Dreamers” and the Muslim ban to the Harlem Renaissance and transatlantic Slave trade, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s first virtual symposium will explore many topics related to black immigrants...Read More
National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Latest Online Exhibition Tells an African American Genealogy Story Through Pioneering Lawyer Pauli Murray
Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray, an American activist, pioneering lawyer, author and priest, inspired a generation of lawyers, including the late associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Murray’s life and family’s genealogical story...Read More
Book Discussion With Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Kicks Off Black History Month Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is offering a wide range of digital programs for all ages this February.Read More
Smithsonian Hosts Daylong Program To Collect Stories From Across America
This year has been unlike any other in recent history, bringing many unprecedented circumstances and challenges. As 2020 comes to a close, the Smithsonian will host a daylong program convening a national conversation about what life has been like...Read More
Exhibitions News
National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Latest Online Exhibition Tells an African American Genealogy Story Through Pioneering Lawyer Pauli Murray
Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray, an American activist, pioneering lawyer, author and priest, inspired a generation of lawyers, including the late associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Murray’s life and family’s genealogical story...Read More
National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens New Exhibition, “We Return Fighting”
“We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I” opens Friday, Dec. 13, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. On view until June 14, 2020, the exhibition examines the impact of the war on...Read More
Statements
Statement on the Passing of Motown Legend Mary Wilson
Kevin Young, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, released the following statement today, Feb. 10, on the passing of Mary Wilson, the founding member of the legendary Motown music group, The...Read More
Statement on the Passing of Groundbreaking and Iconic Actress Cicely Tyson
Kevin Young, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, released the following statement today, Friday, Jan. 29, on the death of trailblazing actress, Cicely Tyson, who received a Tony, Emmy and honorary...Read More
The Museum In The News
Districts working to add Black history to school curriculums (Video)
A change to integrate black history into a Denver school curriculum started with a trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.Read More
Juneteenth marked after month of protest
In an interview, Mary Elliott, curator of American slavery at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, read the order aloud and emphasized its concluding words: “Former masters and slaves” would become “employer and hired labor.”Read More
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