The AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, formerly the Afro-American Cultural & Historical Society Museum (est. 15 April 1953, inc. 21 December 1960), is the first independent nonprofit African American museum ...
The answer may be less important than the question itself. Throughout history, Black people have been called many things. It began with Negro (“black” in Spanish and Portuguese), then colored, and ...
The College Board reworked the recommended course material for its disputed Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, sharing an updated framework Wednesday that largely preserves the ...
Thousands of African Americans fought in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, among them Prince Simbo, who owned this engraved powder horn. Harriet Tubman, born a slave, became a leader ...
Lynishia, Laquisha, Shaqueen, Marquise, Neveah, Lucinda, Felicia. These are names that are sometimes labeled “black” or even “ghetto.” But, what’s in a name? Looking back in history may help explain.
Arresting portraits, now a part of the Smithsonian collections, illuminate the little-known role these artists played in chronicling 19th-century life Rhoda Goodridge in a 2 ¾-by-3 ¼-inch ambrotype ...