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October 6, 2025
Park staff say they’re under pressure to “brighten” U.S. history by toning down references to slavery and Indigenous displacement.
September 15, 2025
Privately funded, the center adds immersive galleries and programs to inspire the next generation of “change agents.”
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April 24, 2025
The Whitney Plantation museum loses its federal grants for Black history and culture as a result of Trump's attack on…
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March 28, 2025
Trump targets the National Museum of African American History and Culture and other Smithsonian museums in a new series of…
July 19, 2023
The Mary Fields Museum & Conference Center in Hartford, Connecticut is set to celebrate and honor America's notable Black equestrians. 
November 29, 2022
The former north St. Louis home of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, principal founder of the AKA sorority, will be revitalized to…
Portrait Of Run-DMC At Grammy Awards
November 9, 2022
A new exhibit at The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is paying tribute to hip-hop‘s influence in fashion over the past…
October 20, 2022
The Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia is planning what is believed to be the first U.S. exhibition dedicated…
May 8, 2022
An art exhibit featuring artifacts inspired by the seated Lincoln sculpture in Washington has opened to commemorate the memorial's 100th…
May 4, 2022
"It's really important that we provide leadership," the Smithsonian Institution's Lonnie G. Bunch III told The New York Times.
January 31, 2022
Exploring the Big Easy just got a little easier with these tips for navigating the history and magic of New…
May 9, 2020
The Museum of Fine Arts announced earlier this week it is collaborating with Massachusetts on a $500,000 fund for diversity.
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August 13, 2019
A month after Baton Rouge’s Louisiana's founder of the African American history museum was killed, city leaders were shocked again…
April 4, 2018
For those wanting to visit the NMAAHC this month, every Wednesday in April, the museum will let people who walk up enter the…
May 29, 2015
theGRIO - Fifteen reasons for singles to visit Brazil.
September 13, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Florcy Morisset has been preaching the virtues of art ownership in her downtown Philadelphia gallery, the only…
November 18, 2013
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - The Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center are joining forces to build…
April 10, 2013
REVIEW - Dance yourselves over the Museum of the City of New York and catch, 'Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced.'…