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 [...]
Anacostia Community Museum | Washington D.C.
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The Anacostia Museum, officially named the Anacostia Community Museum, is the Smithsonian Institution’s museum of African American history and culture, primarily devoted to the identification, documentation and preservation of the African American experience in the Upper South (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Washington, D.C.), as well as nationwide. The museum is located [...]
African American Civil War Memorial & Museum | Washington D.C.
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The African American Civil War Memorial, at the corner of Vermont Avenue and U Street NW in Washington, D.C., commemorates the service of 209,145 African-American soldiers and sailors who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. The sculpture The Spirit of Freedom, by Ed Hamilton of Louisville, Kentucky, was commissioned by [...]
