Seacoast African American Cultural Center leaders want to be 'seen and heard'
Seacoast African American Cultural Center's "Wall of Fame" will help mark its 25th anniversary in Portsmouth in 2025.
City of Austin honors community advocate after passing, declares March 7 ‘Heath Donell Creech Day’
On a day where family, friends, and community members mourned the passing of a Central Texas leader who elevated black voices ...
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Portrait of a legacy: Mildred Jones and Brooklyn’s untold history
At the Center for Brooklyn History, a portrait of Palo Alto resident Mildred Jones commands attention. Seated regally, ...
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How a Leading Black Historian Uncovered Her Own Family’s Painful Past—and Why Her Ancestors’ Stories Give Her Hope
Martha S. Jones’ new memoir draws on genealogical research and memories shared by relatives ...
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From the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights Movement, Black American Women Have Long Told Their Stories Through Quilts
In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this ...
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One family’s stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history
At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.
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Seacoast African American Cultural Center leaders want to be 'seen and heard'
PORTSMOUTH — Portraits ... African American Cultural Center is partnering with Strawbery Banke Museum as it restores Penhallow House to highlight the period Jeri Cousins Palmer and her family ...
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After Years on the Periphery, Is Historical American Art Ready to Take Off?
Works by giants like Fredric Edwin Church and Thomas Cole once smashed records. Will the U.S.'s 250th birthday boost ...
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found – Moving portrait of an exiled apartheid photographer
This documentary relocates its subject at the nexus of ANC truth-and-reconciliation hearings, Jim Crow laws and New York ...
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Family Ties
New York-based visual artist Tschabalala Self was commissioned to create portraits of the powerhouse men in the ... The play, ...
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Black History Month: New portrait of Rep. Calvin Smyre unveiled at Georgia State Capitol
His is only the seventh portrait of an African American to ever be displayed inside the capitol. Fifty years after he first entered the House, Democrats, Republicans, friends and family all ...