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Tag: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Lerone Bennett Jr.
Posted inBlack Experience

Black Press Remembers Lerone Bennett Jr.

by WI Guest Author February 19, 2018October 31, 2020
Jesse J. Holland
Posted inEntertainment, Lifestyle

Updated ‘Black Panther’ Comic Garners New Fans

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 24, 2018October 31, 2020
Theo Jackson (left) was sentenced to 19 years in prison and Willem Oosthuizen was sentenced to 16 years, both with five years suspended, for forcing a Black man into a coffin. (Courtesy of dailymail.co.uk)
Posted inAfricaNow, International

AFRICA NOW: White South Africans Sentenced for Coffin Assault

by Lauren M. Poteat November 1, 2017October 31, 2020
Surviving members of the Little Rock Nine, who integrated an all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., 60 years ago, reflect on their courageous act at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Sept. 26. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack History

The Little Rock Nine Remembers

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer September 27, 2017October 31, 2020
WI staff join community members for a visit to the Smithsonian's new African-American museum. (Lateef Mangum)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

African-American Museum Celebrates First Anniversary

by WI Guest Author September 14, 2017October 31, 2020
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Nooses on National Mall Echo Domestic Terrorism

by WI Guest Author June 20, 2017October 30, 2020
A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.
Posted inBlack Experience, Community

Another Noose Found Hanging at National Mall

by WI Guest Author June 19, 2017October 30, 2020
Lewis "Big June" Marshall Carrying the U.S. Flag, Selma to Montgomery March on March 21, 1965 (Courtesy of the estate of James Karales)
Posted inBlack History, Lifestyle

African-American Museum to Hold First Exhibition

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer May 3, 2017October 30, 2020
Edisto Island residents visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture for the first time on April 10. (Courtesy of NMAAHC)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

‘Slave Cabin’ Inhabitants Visit African-American Museum for First Time

by WI Guest Author April 13, 2017October 30, 2020
WI staff join community members for a visit to the Smithsonian's new African-American museum. (Lateef Mangum)
Posted inBlack Experience, Community

‘Village’ Unites for Memorable WI Heritage Tour

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor March 1, 2017October 30, 2020

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