Philadelphia Theater Company Staging Pioneering Black Play
“Rachel” by Angelina Weld Grimké premiered in New York in April 1917. When the show opened, it made history as […]
Public Humanities News
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Offering Special Black History Month Programming
Located near Harriet Tubman’s birthplace in Dorchester County, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park comprises a visitor center, […]
Activist Fights to Save House Associated with MLK Jr. in Camden
One day in June 1950, Martin Luther King Jr., then a student at Crozer Theological Seminary, stopped at a bar […]
Museum of Jewish Heritage and NYC DOE Team Up to Combat Anti-Semitism
Following an uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, the New York City Department of Education is rolling out new efforts […]
Go-Go Museum Opening Soon in D.C.
Recently, the Washington D.C. city council voted to make Go-Go the official musical genre of the city, and now, the […]
American Labor Museum in NJ Opens New Exhibit on Union Made Fashion
Today, newspapers often run headlines highlighting poor labor conditions in overseas clothing factories. A new exhibit opening at the American […]
African Art Museum of Maryland Plans Move to Columbia
With its move in 2011, the African Art Museum of Maryland became the only museum located in the town of […]
New-York Historical Society Acquires Papers of Biographer Robert Caro
The New-York Historical Society recently announced its acquisition of the papers of biographer Robert Caro, well known for his extensively […]
National Building Museum to Host Shakespearean Stage this Summer
This summer visitors to D.C’s National Building Museum will be transported back to Elizabethan England. The museum announced that its […]
Exhibit on African American Cuisine to Open in New York
African Americans have played an important role in developing many of the foods that we consider quintessentially American. A new […]