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There are various locations to visit to approach this including the popular harbour-side M Shed museum but I opt for a trip ...
The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, ...
A monument unveiled in Lexington on Juneteenth honors Lewis and Harriet Hayden, two formerly enslaved Lexingtonians who became abolitionists, guiding hundreds of slaves to freedom through Kentucky’s ...
The National Garden of American Heroes is one of President Donald Trump's key priorities ahead of the 250th anniversary of American independence next year.
A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we celebrate on Juneteenth.
An installation of the heads of enslaved people. Kwame Akoto-Bamfo His sculptures capture captives' shock, horror, anger, distress and fear-emotions.
This is not just a celebration of how far we've come in 160 years, but also showing that there's still a lot of work that needs to be done in our communities for us to have an equitable future.” ...
Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union ...
Much to Powers' dismay, the sculpture became so popular that countless unauthorized imitations of Greek Slave were also made. modeled 1841-1843 Object number 1968.155.101 Type Sculpture Medium plaster ...
Thousands of sculpted heads - captive African men, women, and children - meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, emerge from the soil at the Nkyinkyim Museum, as a sacred gathering of ...
By highlighting artists from communities historically excluded from mainstream art institutions, the show challenges ...