At least two Birmingham-area nonprofits have lost funding with cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts, a third’s grant is under review and arts community leaders expect a trickle-down effect that ...

The Backstreet Cultural Museum contains the world’s largest collection of New Orleans African American cultural items ... on the outskirts of the French Quarter and nearby Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, ...

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and ...

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of changes to the African American museum has prompted strong responses from Democratic lawmakers, historians, civil rights leaders and education advocates.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened to the public in 2016. It contains more than 40,000 artifacts documenting more than 400 years of African American history.

Heritage meets gumption at the Met’s big spring exhibition, where pathbreaking pieces join anonymous garments to build an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement said he was notified by the Smithsonian Institution that items he loaned to the National Museum of African American History and ...