U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC

It was recently discovered (2005) that slaves made up more than half of the workforce when the U.S. Congress authorized the construction a new national capital building in 1790. Records confirm that slaves did much of the brickmaking, hauling, foundation-digging, masonry, nail-making and carpentry involved in the contruction of the Capitol, the White House, the [...]

U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Washington, DC

          Barack Hussein Obama, 44th President of the United States, January 20, 2009

Duke Ellington House, New York, NY

The Duke Ellington House, or Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington House, is where Duke Ellington, the famous African American composer and jazz musician, resided from 1939 through 1961. The building and/or Ellington’s apartment, Apartment 4A, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The six-story, elevator building on the southwest corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and [...]

B. Smith’s at Union Station, Washington D.C.

Stop by B. Smith’s in Washington D.C.’s historic Union Station for Cajun, Creole and Southern cuisine. Reliable house favorites include jambalaya; Southern fried chicken with buttermilk mashed potatoes; red beans and rice studded with andouille sausage, the “Swamp Thing” (seafood served over greens with a mustard sauce). Desserts are comforting, slightly dressed-up classics: coconut cake, warm bread [...]

National Museum of African Art | Washington D.C.

“African art embodies one of humanity’s greatest achievements–fusing visual imagery with spiritual beliefs and social purpose. Its technical achievements and artistic perfection bear witness to the creative ingenuity of its makers. Religious beliefs and cultural ideals find artistic expression not only in masks and figures created primarily for ceremonial purposes, but also in the utilitarian [...]

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