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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks during the Association of African American Museums Conference's luncheon at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. on Aug. 2. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

African-American Museum Hosts Annual Conference

by Eve M. Ferguson August 16, 2017October 31, 2020

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

Black Experience, Community

Another Noose Found Hanging at National Mall

by WI Guest Author June 19, 2017October 30, 2020

Black Experience, Black History, Community

African-American Museum Celebrates Black History Month

by WI Guest Author January 19, 2017October 30, 2020

Thousands Attend Opening Ceremonies for the Black History Museum

by William J. Ford September 26, 2016October 30, 2020

The restored First Baptist Church Freedom Bell. (Credit: Colonial Williamsburg)

Historic Church Bell to Ring Saturday at Museum Opening

by WI Webstaff September 23, 2016October 30, 2020

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Askia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: African-American Museum Gets Rock Star Treatment

by Askia Muhammad September 21, 2016October 30, 2020

A screenshot from the new Google Expedition highlighting the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached

Google Gives $1M to African-American Museum

by adminnewspack September 21, 2016October 30, 2020

Emotions Run High at New African-American Museum

by Stacy M. Brown September 21, 2016October 30, 2020

Rep. John Lewis (left), seen here with Lonnie Bunch, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, was a driving force behind the new museum. (Courtesy photo)

John Lewis: The Birth of a Museum

by Stacy M. Brown September 21, 2016October 30, 2020

Julian H. Lewis, pictured here in 1917 in his graduation gown, was the first African-American to teach at the University of Chicago. He joined the University of Chicago faculty after earning his medical degree from Rush Medical College. (Courtesy photo)

Remembering: A Legacy of Looking Back

by Stacy M. Brown September 21, 2016October 30, 2020