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3:34pm Mar 18, 2021

Arts Arts

Inside The Blacksonian With Lonnie Bunch

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III talks about how he turned entry into the Blacksonian into the hottest ticket in town and how the coronavirus is affecting the Smithsonians.

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Chemetra Keys

7:03pm Jul 10, 2020

National National Education

Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum

Kimberly Grayson took her high schoolers to the African American history museum in D.C. When students pressed their white teachers to take the same trip, a revised history curriculum quickly followed.

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4:22pm Feb 11, 2020

Race Race

'Lifted Voices' Brings African American History To Life

by David Ford

The Greensboro History Museum will feature costumed actors portraying local African-Americans who made historic contributions to our nati
6:00am Jan 20, 2020

Race Race Books

New Children's Book Highlights NC African American Heritage

by Eddie Garcia

A new children’s book on North Carolina’s African American history has been released.

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8:53am May 01, 2019

Education Education

Groups Push School District To Require African American History In High Schools

by Keri Brown

A local group is asking the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board to mandate an African American history course for high school students.
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8:00am Feb 17, 2018

National National

Goodbye, Mr. Okra: New Orleans Remembers Its Singing Vegetable Vendor

by Debbie Elliott

Arthur James Robinson, known as "Mr. Okra," died this week. But New Orleans residents will never forget his distinctive inventory call and his brightly-painted truck, winding through the city.
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3:46pm Apr 28, 2017

National National Economy Politics & Government Environment Education

At TED This Week, Two Speakers Got To The Root Of Things

by Nina Gregory

At the TED Conference in Vancouver this week, two Fellows, Devita Davison and Damon Davis talked about putting ideas to work to invigorate marginalized communities from within.
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5:26pm Apr 14, 2017

National National

Woman Returns To Her Slave Cabin Childhood Home In The Smithsonian

by Ari Shapiro

This week, Isabelle Meggett Lucas got to visit her childhood home — in the Smithsonian, which moved the house from South Carolina to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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7:23pm Feb 22, 2017

National National

After Slavery, Searching For Loved Ones In Wanted Ads

In the Civil War's waning years, African-Americans trying to find lost loved ones used classified ads in newspapers. More than 900 of these notices are now accessible via an online database.

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Evan Vucci / AP

4:13pm Feb 01, 2017

National National Politics & Government

In Black History Month 'Listening Session,' Trump Lashes Out At Media

by Brian Naylor

At the start of the meeting, President Trump called the media "the opposition." Attendees included Housing Secretary nominee Ben Carson and Darrell Scott, who discussed violence in Chicago.
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8:00pm Sep 15, 2016

National National Arts

Mission Of African-American Museum Writ Large In Its Very Design

The "dark presence" of the bronze and brooding National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminates black history, and by extension, the history of America itself.
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1:58pm Sep 14, 2016

National National Arts

100 Years In The Making, Black History And Culture Museum Ready For Reveal

by Tanya Ballard Brown

The complicated history of how the National Museum of African American History and Culture finally moved from conversation to construction may be as compelling as the artifacts in its exhibits.