An upcoming exhibition featuring the work of LGBTQ+ African artists at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has been postponed until 2026 due to “our current budgetary situation,” a ...

SOURCES: John Swaine, CEO of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro and the Smithsonian Institution. BACKGROUND: The lunch counter is an artifact from the 1960 sit-in ...

The April 28 statement refers to reports that the Smithsonian removed the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and the ...

BlackPressUSA NEWSWIRE – In an update to the BlackPressUSA exclusive on the lunch counter exhibit at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the Smithsonian now says the ...

Over the past few days, there’s been a lot of chatter — and a lot of outrage — over claims that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the National Museum of African ...

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They kicked me when I worked back here in Watsonville, they would kick the back of my legs and say stand up, don't sit down. If you're not standing, we're going to kick you stories untold ...

At the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, for example, the exhibit on “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which dates to 1964, is refreshingly devoid of ideological baggage and comes across as ...

He announced his departure in a memo to museum staff, said Smithsonian spokesperson Linda St. Thomas, three weeks after the Smithsonian had announced internally that he was on indefinite personal ...

Two weeks ahead of the executive order, the Smithsonian placed Kevin Young, who has been the museum’s director since 2020, on indefinite personal leave. Linda St. Thomas, the Smithsonian’s ...

That March 27 order specifically cited the African American Museum as an example of the Smithsonian promoting narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently “harmful and ...