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After Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming
This summer, on the anniversary of that famous battle, the full version of DC’s African American Civil War Memorial Museum will finally open, following years of delays due to the pandemic and ...
Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
Head of African American Museum on leave as Smithsonian faces Trump pressure
Kevin Young, an acclaimed poet who was named director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2021, ...
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...
Critics see Trump attacks on the ‘Black Smithsonian’ as an effort to sanitize racism in US history
Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders are sharply rebuking President Donald Trump for his order ...
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The International African American Museum Honors Untold Stories
Nestled along the Charleston Harbor, the International African American Museum (IAAM) stands as a powerful tribute to the rich and complex history of African Americans in the United States.
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Owner of Nevada’s first African American Museum fights for support amid city’s competing plans
The National World War II Museum and the National Museum of African American Music. Nearly a year later on Dec. 6, 2023, City Council received a formal report from them with plans for a $60 ...
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New exhibit at Henderson Library memorializes local African American veterans of World War I
Georgia Southern University history professor Brian K. Feltman, Ph.D., is creating a powerful exhibit titled “More than a ...