Exploring Cultural & Natural Resources That Illustrate African American History
The Merging Lanes Project studies the ways we experience African-American History.
Here you will find reviews of and interviews with those involved in making available resources that provide an interpretation of African-American History. This includes: museum exhibits, archives, monuments/statues/sculptures, themed events/festivals, tours, buildings, documentary films, and stage plays.
The goal of the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is to highlight the experience of Black people across the world.
— Read on abc7chicago.com/dusable-black-history-museum-and-education-center-chicago-of-african-american-museums/12889962/
It’s been a little over a month since the African American Museum of Southern Arizona started welcoming visitors at the University of Arizona campus. It’s the first and only African American museum in the state.It officially opened its doors to the public in January in a ribbon-cutting event that drew more than 300 people to campus. But Bob Elliott, chairman and co-founder of
— Read on fronterasdesk.org/content/1839800/arizonas-first-african-american-history-museum-open-it-began-question-7-year-old
An exhibit in Dallas is restoring the narrative about African American contributions to science, technology, engineering, art, and math or STEAM.
— Read on http://www.nbcdfw.com/discover-black-heritage/african-american-pioneers-in-steam-highlighted-in-museum-exhibition/3203514/
✍️🏼Sophia V. Nelson
I was recently gifted a selection of Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum exhibitions and other DC History brochures. On the surface, these are simply brochures but take a closer look, and you’ll find that they are little windows to the past. Join us as we explore these brochures throughout Black History Month.
The Deanwood History Project brochure – published in 2005. The project interprets the history of the Deanwood neighborhood located in Northeast Washington, DC.
Image 2: video clip from “Deanwood Oral History Project – A Self Reliant People” produced by HumanitiesDC (full-length video is available on YouTube).
Founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls (1909), Nannie Helen Burroughs is one of several notable African Americans that lived in the Deanwood neighborhood.
One of Washington DC’s oldest African American communities, Deanwood, comprises “Victorian, neoclassical, colonial, revival, prairie, and craftsman” houses. These homes were designed and constructed by African American architects.
Architect H.D. Woodson, for whom a DC High School is named after, resided in the community. Along with a few other investors, H.D. Woodson founded the Universal Development and Loan Company. The group designed and established Suburban Gardens Amusement Park, which catered to African Americans during segregation.
A digital copy of the Deanwood brochure is available on https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Deanwood_%2520Brochure.pdf
Join the National Park Service and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH) as we celebrate the 146th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Carter G. Woodson with an online, Virtual Symposium on Saturday, December 18th from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. This year’s theme for the birthday celebration is “A Bold Vision: Revisiting the Life and Legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson and What it Means Today”, and will feature remarks and presentations from NPS officials and community leaders.
Registration for the event can be found at: https://asalh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KnmkCOzYQ2mt1-IGWtQsJQ, which is also where the event can be viewed. Additional viewing of the event can be found at ASALH TV.
Call 202-426-5961 for more information.
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