American history education has long told the story of remarkable individuals like Sojourner Truth and Nat Turner, but Hidden Witness presents images of ordinary African-Americans who were integral ...

Martin Luther King Jr. (in Washington, D.C. in 1963) looms large in the traditional African-American narrative. Francis Miller / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images A long-running theme of U.S ...

After students have discussed the images, they will write letters from the perspective of an African American during World War I. They may choose to be a soldier writing home to his family or a ...

Wright Museum of African-American History on August 28, 2018. (photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) “We need to have this building,” says Walter Bailey, a volunteer member of the Friends ...

Honored as Heroes: Analyzing the Role of Race in World War I Students learn about two African-American World War I heroes and analyze period propaganda posters to understand how racial relations ...

Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to ...

African American and African Studies is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the past and present cultures and experiences of peoples of African descent in the United States, as well as in ...