The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will launch a powerful new exhibition celebrating the legacy of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

This ivory dress decorated with swirls of handmade fabric rose vines was designed by Ann Lowe. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black ...

Collection/collective identity: collection and remembering African American art and history / Tim Gruenewald -- "No man can be prevented from visiting his wife": Henry Butler and enslaved manliness in ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Assembled piece by piece over the course of their world travels, Bernard and Shirley Kinsey’s collection of African American art and artifacts has been seen by an estimated 15 million people since ...

The African American Museum in Dallas has secured $3 million to preserve and digitize its 50-year-old collection. The museum announced the donation from the Texas Historical Commission on Tuesday. The ...

Charles H. Wright began his life under Jim Crow segregation before going on to found what would become one of America’s first, largest, and most prestigious African American history museums. ByChadd ...

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Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future. In Chicago, the public library serves as a hub for learning and community engagement, ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few years ago. ...

For over three decades, La Unique African American Books & Cultural Center has been a place where history, culture, and community meet — all thanks to the dedication of 91-year-old Larry Miles. Miles ...

Within the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church’s 162-year-old brick walls is a venerable American history collection. It includes AME church founder Richard Allen’s Bible, the pulpit from ...