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African American History and Culture, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of
A new museum being planned exploring African American history and culture
Anacostia Community Museum

Anacostia Community Museum
History and culture of African American communities

 
African American Art and Artists
African American Teaching Resources
African American Inventors
African American Stories for Children
Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts
Body and Soul: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Harlem Renaissance
Harriet Tubman: A Selected Children's Bibliography
When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance in History and Art
 
African Diasporic Religions
Dread History: The African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari
Rastafari faith and culture
Speak to My Heart: Communities of Faith and Contemporary African American Life
Faith and spiritual traditions in the African American community
Biographies
Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators
Tells the story of how one group of Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation
Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection
Selected portraits from the 1920s
Invention at Play
Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play in this highly interactive traveling exhibit
Separate is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education The Black Experience: African-Americans on Stamps
African American contributions to science, music, journalism, sports, and more are showcased in this collection of 117 U.S. postage stamps
Civil Rights
381 Days: the Montgomery Bus Boycott Story 381 Days: the Montgomery Bus Boycott Story
Through a modernist collage of photographs, political cartoons, contemporary writings this exhibition bears witness to a challenge met
Derrick Bell: The Art and Dynamics of Protest
Bell discusses his protest against the absence of tenured women of color from Harvard's Law School (73min audio)
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Photographs illuminate the variety of ways that African Americans resisted and redefined an America that needed but rarely accepted its black citizens
Separate is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education Separate is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education
This exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that helped to end public school segregation
The Amistad Case
Portraits illustrating this signal event to the Civil War
Cultural Encounter
Surviving Images, Forgotten People
Native Americans, Women, and African Americans on Early United States Bank Notes
Identity and Community
African American Music
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings features folk, blues, jazz, spirituals, and more music in the African American tradition
African American Spoken Word
The powerful words of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Langston Hughes, Angela Davis, W.E.B. DuBois, and more from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
American Slavery in History and Memory
Selected sources
RECOGNIZE Hip Hop RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
The six artists and one poet have approached hip hop culture through the lens of portraiture
Remembering Slavery
African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and emancipation
Smithsonian Jazz Class
Learn about Duke Ellington and his amazing contribution to the world of jazz
Still Cookin' By the Fireside
African Americans in Food Services
Walter Mosley: Black Male Heroes
The writer discusses the importance of black male heroes in literature. (51min audio)
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
A look at how this cloth evokes and celebrates a shared cultural heritage
Migration
Africa's Legacy in Mexico
Essays explore and document black Africa's legacy in Mexico
From Old World to New World: Plant Migration to the New World
Heritage and present use of food which migrated from Old World to New
Transatlantic Dialogue: In and Out of Africa
Explores the varied ways that African and African American artists interpret their ideas and identities
Smithsonian Collections
Anacostia On-Line Academy
Shares expertise insights on subjects within the field of African American material culture
 
Museums
African American History and Culture Museum
Learn about plans for the future museum
American History Museum
History of science, technology, society and culture in America
Anacostia Community Museum
History and culture of African American communities
Portrait Gallery
Portraits of distinguished Americans
Research
Anacostia On-Line Academy
African American material culture
Anacostia Community Museum Library
Research materials related to Black culture and history
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Houses original recordings, business records, correspondence and photographic material
Programs
African American Culture Program
Researches and preserves the historical and cultural life and legacy of Americans of African descent
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Promotes the understanding and continuity of contemporary grassroots cultures
Civil War Studies
The nation's outstanding adult continuing-education center for learning about the American Civil War
Folklife Festival
Annual celebration of art, music, crafts, culture and lore
Publications
African American Heritage at the Smithsonian
Guide to exhibitions and objects on display that reflect contributions of African Americans to U.S. history and culture
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