Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi introduced legislation last week that would create a planning commission to examine the possibility of ...

A New York Harlem Renaissance artist history forgot painted impressionism, Black African American life in the Southeast and ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

Visitors can reach the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by taking the Metro's Blue, Orange or Silver lines to Smithsonian station or Federal Triangle station.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama cut the ribbon on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture yesterday — even as the family of 13-year-old Tyre King, a black child shot dead by ...

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Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it’s a great time ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the world’s largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. It’s one of the most visited museums in the United States, ...

Executive Chef Ramin Coles, of the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Sweet Home Cafe, tells WTOP ...

The City of Rahway will host the Smithsonian Institution ... the National Air and Space Museum, features early pioneers like Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to obtain a pilot ...