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A Bold Anthology Shows How R-I-G-H-T and W-R-I-T-E Come Together in Black Poetry

The incoming director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture has published an anthology of Black American poetry that speaks to the ways that the arts and poets in particular have articulated and spread the cause of liberation. 

Smithsonian Taps N.Y. Cultural Director To Lead African American Museum

Since 2016, Kevin Young has been director of the Schomburg Center, a division of the New York Public Library and an important cultural organization in Harlem.

Lonnie Bunch Sizes Up His Past and Future at the Smithsonian

by Ryan P. Smith

Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary.

A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View at NMAAHC

“I was stunned,” says director Lonnie Bunch; historic Emily Howland photo album contains dozens of other abolitionists and leaders who took an active role.

African-American History Museum to be Honored With Forever Stamp

In honor of its first anniversary, the National Museum of African American History and Culture will be commemorated with a Forever Stamp by the U.S. Postal Service.

Smithsonian gives Clarence Thomas a spot in year-old African American history museum

Justice Thomas’ apparent omission irked conservative observers, who suspected an ideological bias among Smithsonian officials and called for the influential jurist’s inclusion in the museum.

This is what anti-abortion activists are saying about the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

"[It] has excluded notable figures such as Clarence Thomas, Mia Love, [and] also the title or anything referenced to eugenics, which has impacted African-Americans in this country more so than any other issue."

Lonnie Bunch says the nooses found at the Smithsonian recently show why black people cannot get over the past

by Lonnie G. Bunch

"I see the nooses as evidence that … the struggle for the soul of America continues to this very day."

Noose Found at African American History Museum in D.C.

A noose, a symbol of racial lynching, was found on Wednesday on the floor of an exhibit about segregation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution officials said.

Trump visits the National Museum of African American History and Culture

First lady Melania Trump and Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, toured the museum last week.

Conservatives are complaining that the new Smithsonian museum on African-American history largely ignores Clarence Thomas

A website connected to conservative David Horowitz is spreading the complaint.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture: A Homecoming

by Tony Platt

The museum gets it that the Panthers should not be reduced to men in black jackets with guns.

How a Museum Reckons With Black Pain

by Vann R. Newkirk II

The Smithsonian’s new memorial of African American history and culture is at once triumphant and crushing.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. says the new African American history museum proves Jefferson was wrong

by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The museum helps resolve the protracted debate about the contributions of black people to American history and, indeed, about whether they had a history worth preserving at all.

Stunning pictures from inside the new National Museum of African American History and Culture

Appropriately for a public museum at the heart of Washington’s cultural landscape, the museum’s creators did not want to build a space for a black audience alone, but for all Americans.

Washington DC’s monument to black history

Decades after it was first dreamed of, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, completed by British architect David Adjaye, opens this week. While the building is striking, its collection is more remarkable.

Why the African American history museum belongs to all of us

by Ken Burns

It is more than a repository of a people’s history. It is an opportunity.

You May Choke Up at Some of the Items on Display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

A preview of the more than 3,000 artifacts offers a glimpse of the raw, emotional power of the legacy the museum seeks to honor.

Google helped the Smithsonian’s new African American museum tell stories

With 3D scanning, 360 video, multiple screens and other technologies, visitors can see artifacts like a powder horn or handmade dish from all angles by rotating them with a mobile device.

The man behind the Smithsonian’s new African-American history museum

Even as a youth, Lonnie Bunch was captivated by history.