Posts Tagged ‘Black historians’
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch resigns amid attacks from Trump administration
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is stepping down after seven years leading the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: An Afro-Indigenous History of the U.S.
We are pleased to announce ABHM’s October Book of the Month: An Afro-Indigenous History of the U.S. by Kyle T. Mays. We invite you to join us on November 22st at 1:30 p.m. for a discussion of the book at America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) or virtually via Zoom.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
We are pleased to announce ABHM’s September Book of the Month: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. We invite you to join us on September 26th at 1:30 p.m. for a discussion of the book at America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) or virtually via Zoom.
Read MoreOba Adefunmi, Spiritual Leader born on this date in 1928
Walter Eugene King was born in Detroit, Michigan. He became the first documented African American to be initiated into the Yoruba priesthood of Obatala. In 1970, along with several other devotees, Oba Adefunmi created the Oyotunji village in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Read MoreWho Were the Great Black Historians?
Meet the people to whom all black—and American—history buffs owe a great debt.
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