national museum of african american history and culture
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The Smithsonian Is Creating a Dope Hip-Hop Anthology
When MC Lyte broke into the hip-hop world as a pioneering solo female rapper, she wasn’t thinking about making history. Like most aspiring artists, she wanted to be on the radio. “I was a lover of hip-hop. I went to the hip-hop clubs. I started rapping in elementary school … at 12, I started keeping…
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Justice Clarence Thomas Gets Exhibit in National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture unveiled its latest exhibit, one featuring Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a figure whose absence from the museum when it opened a year ago raised eyebrows among conservatives. According to the Washington Times, Thomas appears as part of an exhibit that was installed just before…
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Whiteness Is Useless Without the Nigger
“What would white people do without the nigger?” It’s a question that courses and bleeds through Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The First White President.” It’s never asked explicitly, but it lurks beneath each point, ensconced in the piece’s premise: a fundamental and connective marrow. And it’s been with me since Sunday afternoon after I visited the National…
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Colin Kaepernick Items to Be Part of Black Lives Matter Exhibit at National African-American History Museum
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be immortalized at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, according to a curator who made the announcement Friday. Because of his kneeling protest against police brutality during the National Anthem during the 2016 NFL season, items from the 29-year-old will be part of a Black Lives…
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Noose Found Hanging at National Museum of African American History and Culture
Tourists visiting the an exhibition on segregation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Wednesday found a noose hanging there, the second such incident on the Smithsonian grounds this week. According to Smithsonian Magazine, the exhibit gallery was closed for three hours as police investigated the noose and removed it. In…
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87-Year-Old Woman Sees ‘Slave Cabin’ in Which She Was Born at National African-American Museum
It was a cabin that housed people who were enslaved starting in 1853 on Edisto Island, S.C. In 2017 the restored structure sits in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, helping to tell the often overlooked and covered-up stories of our nation’s history. But to Isabell Meggett Lucas, 87, the cabin also…
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Trump Makes Weird, Tone-Deaf Speech at African-American Museum
I’m really reaching my threshold with this president. On Tuesday he visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and made a tone-deaf, rambling speech. While we’ve become used to his stream of consciousness attempts at public speaking, Trump’s ability to just flat out act as if he’s not the perpetrator of…
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Trump Goes to the NMAAHC and Poses in Front of Ben Carson’s Exhibit
I wish he would cut it out. The president has been in office for a month and has already taken three vacations, and now, on Tuesday he headed to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. For what? Who knows. He’s basically acting like a tourist at this point. Press reports note…
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Over 1,000,000 Visitors to National Museum of African American History and Culture Since Opening
The National Museum of African American History and Culture has reached a huge milestone in the few months it has been opened, hitting its 1 million-visitors mark last week. The museum announced the milestone Monday, noting that it has been just a little more than four months since its Sept. 24 opening. According to the…
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National African American Museum Tickets Sell Out in 4 Minutes When Website Goes Live
The free, same-day passes that went live on the National Museum of African American History and Culture website Monday sold out in four minutes, the Washington Post reports. The passes were grouped in 30-minute time slots between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. They became available at 6:30 a.m. Monday and were unavailable by 6:34 a.m.…