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Learn more on our searchable Museum: s.si.edu/3TVxge0 #APeoplesJourney
Seneca Village provided a haven for residents who built churches, a school for Black children, and at least 50 homes. Learn more on our Searchable Museum: s.si.edu/3vnAyNQ #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
I was ridiculed for building a boat in a garage and hoping to row across the Atlantic Ocean. The laughs stopped when I reached NY Brooklyn Bridge. #UNAIDS #PEPFAR #AIDS2024 | #ExtremeFaith #apeoplesjourney #EndAIDS
Following the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Lyndon Johnson urged the passage of the Civil Rights Act as a memorial to the civil rights leader. #OnThisDay in 1968, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
#OnThisDay in 1939, Marian Anderson sang to 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial. Her carefully selected clothing was a visual complement to a moment scholars describe as the first public triumph of the modern civil rights movement: s.si.edu/3LYNhdd #APeoplesJourney
Very grateful to pay homage to Shirley Graham Du Bois at the Babaoshan Cemetery in #Beijing, #China today. | Qingming Festival | #apeoplesjourney
publisher of Ebony, Jet, and Negro Digest. On view until January 2025. Learn more: s.si.edu/43M4Xlv #APeoplesJourney
The history of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, OK sheds light on the nature of Black settlements and towns in the 19th century, and the wider geography of communities of freedom. Learn more: s.si.edu/3RrsfXp #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
Happy Easter! Explore Easter related objects and photographs in our collection: s.si.edu/2poMJ6c #APeoplesJourney #BlackFaith
Love this. I was just there in February during #BHM. It was my first time ever visiting the @NMAAHC; such an incredible, deeply emotional experience. #NMAAHC #Blacksonian #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
Love this. I was just there in February during #BHM. It was my first time ever visiting the @NMAAHC; such an incredible, deeply emotional experience. #NMAAHC #Blacksonian #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory https://t.co/EBForVIUkC
‘Consider the Legacy’ is a reminder of those horrific moments our ancestors endured in the hull of slave ships. To follow one of the slave routes by rowing has left an indelible footprint. #Healing #Hope #Humanity | #apeoplesjourney
Today marks the first day of #Ramadan. Learn how Ramadan is observed and its significance to African American Muslims: s.si.edu/3wi0lXF #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
#APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory #BloodySunday #Selma (sharing from @NMAAHC )
#OnThisDay in 1965, 600 marchers were attacked on #Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge during a Voting Rights protest. Known as #BloodySunday, this march was one of 3 from Selma to Montgomery. More: s.si.edu/2FvhwZQ #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
#OnThisDay in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford case. Learn more: s.si.edu/373Fivr #APeoplesJourney
One of the soldiers for social justice said, “Victor, nothing is achieved without sacrifice”. When I returned to him, it was with a badge of #humility and #integrity. Thanks, John Lewis. #apeoplesjourney #BloodySunday #Selma #Alabama #NeverGiveUp
Enslaved African Americans, leased out by their slave owners, mined sandstone from local quarries and built the United States Capitol, the White house and the Smithsonian castle. Congress, the held sessions in a building constructed by forced labor.. via @NMAAHC #APeoplesJourney
Smithsonian’s NMAAH.. @NMAAHC
234K Followers 969 Following Journey through the lens of the African American experience. #APeoplesJourney, #ANationsStory Legal: https://t.co/3sIRJi7PRE • @NMAAHCdirector