Kevin Young
@NMAAHCdirector
Andrew W. Mellon Director of @NMAAHC • #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
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#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as #Juneteenth — a combination of “June” & “19th” — for over 150 years.
Who are they—the fathers we remember and pay tribute to on #FathersDay ?
Although wrought with extraordinary systemic challenges, this strong tradition of fatherhood and parenting continues in many African American families: s.si.edu/42Nu9WT
Afrofuturism has long been a mix of celebration and resistance, musicality and theatricality, achievement and survival. It represents the bright future that Black people imagined while confronting a perilous present. #NMAAHCFutures opens tomorrow: nmaahc.si.edu/afrofuturism
Octavia Bulter once said she began to write about power because she had so little.
Work like hers are testimony to truth that burns bright & teaches us about who we are - and who we can be.
This #BlackHistoryMonth explore Smithsonian NMAAHC's reading list:
Last chance to view the iconic portrait of Breonna Taylor in our “ #Reckoning : Protest. Defiance. Resilience” exhibition. On display until February 12.
Learn more: s.si.edu/40EX27G
#BlackHistoryMonth
Our #LivingHistory campaign will help @nmaahc build our endowment and keep the museum going in perpetuity, providing support for programming, exhibitions, collections & digital capabilities, so that people around the world can have history in their hands.
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We’re Hiring! Smithsonian NMAAHC is looking for its next Assistant Director for Communications. As part of our senior leadership team, they will guide the museum into its next phase as the nation’s largest destination for exploring the Black American story. More: s.si.edu/3HCORS2
Ryan Coogler and the Cast of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: #WakandaForever attended a special screening at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in support of the Chadwick Boseman Foundation for the Arts.