The Roots of Virginia Culture, The Past is Present,
41st Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival,
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African American Portraits is the museum's inaugural exhibition. The images were selected by guest...
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Civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) waged a lifelong battle for the economic...
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Contributed on May 07, 2007
By: Faried_88778
I found great inspiration in the lessons from Booker T Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. There were numerous others but growing up these were the people that helped to shape my thoughts.
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Described by poet Maya Angelou as the "queen of the arts," Elizabeth Catlett (born 1919) has created,...
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Contributed on May 07, 2007
By: Rick_28373
In October 1962, my parents filed a federal law suit against the State of Virginia to win admission for my oldest sister, Hazel Ruth Adams Hairston, into the Patrick Henry Community College Campus of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.
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Clergyman Henry Highland Garnet was well acquainted with the evils of America's "peculiar...
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Contributed on May 11, 2007
By: Lonnie_12320
Lonnie reminisces about the words of Nelson Mandela.
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Contributed on December 17, 2007
By: nwilkins
http://emancipation2000.com
Featuring the largest and most Unique collection of rare and hard to find black historical art prints. Overe 300 available sizes 11*17 and 24*36
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