Black Archives of Mid America, Kansas City, MO
March 29, 2008 by lindsey
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View of the Rose Room at the Street Hotel, Kansas City, MO Often considered as a potential rival to the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City, the Black Archives of Mid America boasts one of the largest collections of African-American [...]
National Museum of African Art | Washington D.C.
January 9, 2008 by lindsey
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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 [...]
Anacostia Community Museum | Washington D.C.
March 10, 2007 by lindsey
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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.
February 11, 2007 by lindsey
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Photo Credit: Asiir 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 [...]
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum | Baltimore MD
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is the nation’s first and only museum of its kind commemorating some of the highs and lows of the African American experience in the U.S. The honorees include people and events from the birth of our nation all the way to modern-day: Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. [...]
