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August 20, 2025
Phillip opened her show with a pointed history lesson after Michaels’ and Trump’s remarks reignited debate over how slavery is…
August 14, 2025
On CNN, Jillian Michaels clashed with Abby Phillip over Smithsonian exhibits, downplaying U.S. slavery and defending Trump’s cultural review.
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August 13, 2025
The White House has ordered a review of Smithsonian museums to ensure exhibits reflect President Donald Trump’s vision of America.
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July 25, 2025
Artist Amy Sherald’s “American Sublime” would have been the first solo show by a contemporary Black artist at the Portrait…
July 2, 2022
The exhibition will run through Sunday, Sept. 25, in the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Exhibition Hall at the Two Mississippi…
May 4, 2022
"It's really important that we provide leadership," the Smithsonian Institution's Lonnie G. Bunch III told The New York Times.
April 14, 2022
Oprah Winfrey will partner with the Smithsonian channel on a documentary and other initiatives to explore racial inequities in healthcare.
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January 22, 2022
Edmonia Lewis, a pioneering Black Native American artist from the 1800s, will be featured on a new USPS stamp to…
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January 6, 2022
Edmonia Lewis, regarded as America's first Black sculptor, will be featured on U.S. postage stamp as part of USPS' Black…
September 9, 2021
The Taylor artwork is now co-owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. and The…
January 30, 2021
Kamala Harris is not the first vice president of color. Charles Curtis was the vice president to the 31st president,…
January 8, 2021
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch says the history of the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 will live in 'infamy.'
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August 7, 2019
Beyonce's likeness will be on display, at least for a time at the Smithsonian thanks to the work of a…
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March 29, 2019
The prestigious Musee d’Orsay is holding a new exhibition to shed light on the often nameless Black models that appear
Quincy Jones
September 19, 2018
Netflix has partnered with Inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival and will screen 'Quincy' at the festival in Washington D.C.
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…
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February 21, 2018
New Malcolm X documentary shows rare footage of the leader who defined unapologetically blackness
May 20, 2017
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is already looking to include Colin Kaepernick in it halls. Director Lonnie Bunch
November 4, 2016
Associate Director Beverly Morgan-Welch says she did not expect the amount of time people spend at the National Museum African-American…
September 24, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Things you need to know about the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture…