Historic black towns: Preserving Communities of Color Conference, Nov. 16-20 Mayors and civic leaders from historically African-American communities will meet in Houston for a multi-day conference, pop-up classrooms, bus tours, round table discussions, workshops and interactive activities focused entirely on the needs of communities of color. The “Preserving Communities of Color Conference” is organized by [...]
The National Museum of African American History and Culture: "I, Too, Sing America" (Pictured: A statue of Thomas Jefferson stands in front of a stack of bricks marked with the names of people he owned.) The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on Sept. 24 in Washington after a long journey. [...]
Review: The Smithsonian African American Museum Is Here at Last. And It Uplifts and Upsets. New York Times: WASHINGTON — On a late summer day in 1963, 200,000 Americans made the Washington Monument the compass needle for a new direction in history, up and forward, when they gathered at its base, then marched a mile [...]
The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration The Smithsonian: When millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life, they remade the nation in ways that are still being felt. The Great Migration would expose the racial divisions and disparities that in many ways continue to plague the nation and dominate headlines [...]
