On Monday, October 23, 2023, the Smithsonian American Art Museum presented in-depth look into the SAAM’s Early African American Photography Initiative, a growing world-class collection of ...

An exhibition lighlighting the work of African American photographers in the Washington, D.C. area. Through a sampling of works by both well-known and emerging photographers, the exhibition makes a ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the works included in Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African American Photography add up to an encyclopedia of the black experience in America.The three ...

Haitians and Black Americans have lived side by side in South Florida for decades. While the relationship between the two communities has not always been smooth, they have managed to coexist, ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- Rare photographs and postcards depicting blacks in America and throughout the world are being sold to the highest bidder. Regarded as the finest collection of its type, the Ken ...

The artifacts below, pulled from the collections of the new museum, delve into the history of black America from multiple angles. From tragic beginnings to achievements that changed the world, from ...

The VMFA recently acquired 35 photographs by the Richmond-born, African-American artist Louis Draper (1935-2002), as well as his complete archive, which includes his papers, working prints, negatives, ...