Family members at the Taylor family home on Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...

Every Saturday, students gather at the African American Museum to learn about history and then pass it on. In a basement classroom at the African American Museum in Dallas, students gather every ...

Marvin Dulaney, the museum s deputy director and chief operating officer, teaches a class of North Texans attending the museum's Freedom Schools. Courtesy of the African American The African American ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A new weeklong summer learning program called Freedom School at the African American ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The International African American Museum will host several events Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate Emancipation Day. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President ...

The Wright Museum’s Lance Wheeler shares details about the museum’s 2025 Juneteenth celebration. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will commemorate Juneteenth with a full day of ...

WITH PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER DAN KARAS. ON JANUARY 1ST, 1863, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. THE LANDMARK EDICT OUTLAWED SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, ...

The concept of Route 66 as a symbol of freedom didn't ring true for everyone in America. A new exhibit will share African ...

*The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. While many Americans ...

AAPG copy 39088019788785 signed by author, "To Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence, with admiration and affection." 1. Land of Their Ancestors. Ghana. Mali. Songhay. Other States -- 2. The African Way ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) -- Saturday, hundreds of people filled the Waterloo West High School Auditorium, for the 1619 Freedom School's African American Read-In. Several renowned Black authors were in ...