The Dorothy Vena Johnson Black History Collection has nearly 2,300 items including books, photos and other rare items from ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will launch a powerful new exhibition celebrating the legacy of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Chief program officer Margie J. Reese looks through photos of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson in the Sepia magazine collection in the archive storage of the African American Museum at Fair Park in Dallas on ...

This ivory dress decorated with swirls of handmade fabric rose vines was designed by Ann Lowe. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black ...

Per the museum's website, it holds the distinction of having one of the largest collections of Black folk art anywhere in the United States. The African American Museum in Dallas will be receiving $3 ...

Last week, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) acquired “Bird” (1990), a striking sculpture by David Hammons, the MacArthur Genius Grant-winning African American artist known for his witty conceptual ...

Following the conclusion of a 10-year loan to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), wooden artifacts, including ship timber, from the São José slave ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Assembled piece by piece over the course of their world travels, Bernard and Shirley Kinsey’s collection of African American art and artifacts has been seen by an estimated 15 million people since ...

(Black PR Wire) The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) launched a powerful new exhibition celebrating the legacy of historically Black colleges and ...

The African American Museum in Dallas will be receiving $3 million in support from the Texas Historical Commission, a figure, which includes some additional support from Google, in an effort to ...