New Home for the Art of Alexander Calder Planned for Philly’s Parkway
After twenty years of discussion, plans for a new building dedicated to the work of Alexander Calder are moving forward. […]
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You Can Help Transcribe a Historic DC-Area Black Newspaper
If you have always wanted to get a peek at the Smithsonian’s archives, now you can- at least digitally. The […]
Black Votes Mural Project Transforms MD’s African American Heritage Museum
If you visit the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Maryland this year, you will be greeted by two large-scale murals. The first […]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Sells Part of its Collection
2019 was a difficult year for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In April, HSP laid off thirty percent of its […]
NY State Office of Parks Welcomes New Interpreter of African American History
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the government agency that oversees the state’s historic sites, […]
NJ May Add Suffragist Alice Paul to the National Statuary Hall Collection
Each day thousands of tourists visit the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building. This room is the center […]
Maryland State House Honors Abolitionists
The Maryland State House has frequently been the site of controversy over public artwork. Until 2017, a statue of Roger […]
Philly’s John Coltrane House Added to PA 2020 At Risk List
In 1952, jazz pioneer John Coltrane purchased a rowhome in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The six years that Coltrane lived […]
Maryland Awards Nearly $1 million in Grants to African American Heritage Sites
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Maryland Historical Trust honored the start of Black History Month […]
Preservationists Plan to Turn Building that Housed NJ’s First Hospital for Black Patients into Museum
Today, 132 West Kinney Street houses the New Salem Baptist Church. However, when the building was erected in 1927, it […]