The Black Women Activists behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Artist Lava Thomas honors the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
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Black history
Consortium Forms Advisory Council, Announces Plans to Preserve Historic Ebony and Jet Photographic Archive
The archive features powerful images cataloguing 20th century African American life
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Images of African Kingship, Real and Imagined
Explore the impact of African rulers on European culture.
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A New Exhibition Explores Balthazar, a Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance European Art
Curators seek your feedback on an exhibition-in-progress.
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Creating a Digital Museum to Memorialize America’s Slave Past
Renée Ater investigates monuments to the slave past.
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Installation by Artist Theaster Gates Confronts Racist Imagery at Monumental Scale
An unusual sculpture serves as a disassembled totem of racism.
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An Activist’s View of the Civil Rights Movement
Compelling images from the Civil Rights era beyond the South.
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Robert Mapplethorpe: The Commercial Archive and the Sexualization of the Black Male Body
A chapter in the sexualized history of race.
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