B. Smith’s at Union Station, Washington D.C.
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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.
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“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 [...]
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Bessie Coleman, African American Woman Aviator
Among Washington D.C.’s most popular museums, the National Air and Space Museum features the ”Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation” exhibit. Located inside the Pioneers of Flight Gallery, the exhibit has over 100 photographs tracing black achievement in aviation, including such luminaries as Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Coleman (1892 – 1926), popularly [...]
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington D.C
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Though its physical construction is years away, the National Museum of African American History and Culture today is inaugurating an online spot where visitors can help shape its content. The website incorporates social networking features such as “Memory”, which allows people to share their own Black History experience via stories, photographs, etc. The museum plans [...]
African American Family Celebration, Washington D.C.
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Sponsored by the National Zoo in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the African American Family Celebration is one of Washington D.C.’s most enduring African-American traditions. It all began more than 100 years ago when Easter was celebrated on Monday, drawing hundred of impeccably dressed African American families from throughout the city for a [...]
