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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An annual Ohio art show will once again highlight black history and culture through several artistic mediums. The fifth annual Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms exhibit opens Saturday at the Ohio History Center in Columbus. The juried show runs through January and features 69 original paintings, quilts, sculptures and prints by […]

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A new show at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit aims to celebrate Aretha Franklin’s life in an intimate display dubbed a “tribute to the Queen of Soul.” The estate-approved “Think: A Tribute to the Queen of Soul” arrives at the museum this Tuesday and will exhibit until January 21st, 2019. “This is an opportunity […]

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, in collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), has turned to crowdsourcing for its next ambitious project – a nine-disc chronological compendium of over 120 songs from hip-hop and rap. The “Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap” will contain tracks painstakingly selected by a panel of artists, […]

08/4/17- The O. J. Simpson Museum is opening up in Los Angeles. The wait time could be so long that O. J. won’t even make it! But don’t worry we all know that he’s not afraid to cut the line! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

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With photos of Harriet Tubman being few and far between, when a rare new photo of her surfaced it was a huge deal. While most photos depict Tubman as an elderly woman, a newly unearthed picture shows a much younger Tubman and was quickly acquired by the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History […]

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The objects displayed in Michigan’s newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the grotesque — a full-size replica of a lynching tree. But all are united by a common theme: They are steeped in racism so intense that it makes visitors cringe. That’s the idea behind the Jim […]

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For more than a decade, contemporary artist Rashid Johnson has worked almost under the radar, turning out work presented at museums and coveted by collectors around the world. But in the last year, the Chicago native, whose works made from everyday objects explore his own life story as well as larger issues of black identity, […]

(VIDEO) Lonny Bunch, the museum’s Founding Director, gives us a first look at some of the treasures that will be on display.   Below is the transcript of President Barack Obama delivering remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture site in Washington, D. C., Feb. 22, […]