An AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection featuring a selection of films documenting the African American Experience — along with articles, digital shorts and original features exploring America’s ...

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America, and an active organizer among African American nurses ... University in Canada. Drew's research on blood transfusions followed ...

The first African-American woman to fly in space, Mae Jemison (1956-) holds a B.S. in chemical engineering. In 1992, she served on an eight-day Space Shuttle mission that conducted microgravity ...

They have received fellowships from the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American research; the Kennedy School's Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard University; ...

Poet Kevin Young, director since 2021 of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, has been ...