The Roots of Virginia Culture, The Past is Present, 41st Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, on...
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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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Born Leroi Jones (born 1934), poet and playwright Amiri Baraka has been an important, yet often...
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Diana Ross (born 1944) achieved international stardom as the lead singer of the Supremes. With...
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Edmonia Lewis achieved international recognition as a sculptor during the second half of the...
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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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Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) entered a Harlem talent contest in the mid-1930s, intending to do a...
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Harry Belafonte (born 1927) created a sensation in the 1950s when he introduced Americans to the...
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Carl Van Vechten's 1955 portrait of James Baldwin (1924-1987) dates from the same year in which the...
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