WASHINGTON ‒ A coalition of civil rights leaders kicked off a weeklong campaign to rally around the national African American museum and push back against what it calls efforts by the Trump ...

Hari Jones, curator and assistant director of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum in Washington, D.C., talked about the contributions of African-American women during the Civil War.

The museum, which hosted 1.6 million visitors in 2024, serves as a cornerstone in the preservation of African American history, a number of community leaders and organizations said in its defense.

Arriving not quite halfway through the exhibit’s run, a free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will further explore its themes while placing African American experiences in World War II on a ...

A Bible carried during civil rights demonstrations and other artifacts are being quietly removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the nation’s capital ...

The trees around the African American Civil War Memorial have been trimmed, and the grass is freshly cut and cleared of trash. Several leaks have been fixed. But a few of the 209,145 names of ...

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month.

In the late 1960s, Dr. Wright joined hands with Dr. Margaret Burroughs, founder of the DuSable Museum, to initiate a series of conferences for African American museums to share ideas and discuss ...

Mrs. A.J. Morton & Son Funeral Home joins the African American Civil Rights Network, honoring its vital role in civil rights ...

The African American Museum, Dallas, NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 invite you to celebrate Black History Month in Fair Park. Don’t miss the FREE Family/Community Day and Read-In on Saturday, February 17.

Historian Jeff Kannel shares stories of Wisconsin African American soldiers during and after the Civil War, and the simultaneous respect and racial discrimination Black veterans faced. Based on ...

Hari Jones talked about U.S. colored troops and African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War. He argued that African Americans played a broader role in defeating the Confederacy than ...