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Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Examines Motherhood in May Public Programming

Museum Resumes In-person Programming This Month After Two-Year Hiatus
- May 2, 2022
- African American Museum
- Public Programs
National Museum of African American History and Culture Displays Jackie Robinson’s Jersey in Honor of 75th Anniversary of Robinson’s Major League Debut
- April 7, 2022
- African American Museum
- Exhibitions
Women’s E3 Virtual Summit To Recognize African American Women in Arts and Culture
- March 21, 2022
- African American Museum
- Public Programs
Three Sculptures From Acclaimed Artist Elizabeth Catlett Coming to National Museum of African American History and Culture
- March 9, 2022
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- Exhibitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture Launches Living History Campaign

Museum Aims To Raise $350 Million To Support Research, an Endowment, Ongoing Programming and Digital Initiatives
- February 28, 2022
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Black History Month Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens With a Virtual Program Highlighting the Impact of HBCUs

Acknowledges Pioneers in Health and Wellness Including Midwives
- January 25, 2022
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- Public Programs
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Original “I Have a Dream” Speech on Display at National Museum of African American History and Culture

Museum Open to the Public Monday, Jan. 17, in Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 13, 2022
- African American Museum
- Exhibitions
Conversation Among Eric Foner, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NMAAHC Director Kevin Young Headlines December Programming
- December 2, 2021
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- Public Programs
National Museum of African American History and Culture Launches New “Searchable Museum” Digital Initiative

Searchable Museum To Share the Museum Beyond Its Walls on the National Mall
- November 18, 2021
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- Exhibitions
- Education News
National Museum of African American History and Culture Connects Past, Present and Future Through “Living History” on Fifth Anniversary

New Exhibition “Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies” Now Open
- September 24, 2021
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- Exhibitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens New Exhibition “Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies”

Spotlight Is on African American Visions of Freedom and Unmet Promises Following the Civil War. Exhibition Also Explores the Contemporary Legacies of Reconstruction, Racial Profiling, and Voter Suppression Through Items From the Families of Trayvon Martin
- September 22, 2021
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- Exhibitions
Breonna Taylor Portrait Featured in New Exhibition at National Museum of African American History and Culture

“Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.” Exhibition Uses Art To Explore the Black Lives Matter Movement, Social Protests and the Struggle for Equality and Freedom
- September 10, 2021
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- Exhibitions