Soon-to-open National Public Housing Museum a living history awash in residents' stories, memorabilia
The museum explores the history of public housing through a wealth of exhibitions, installations and recreated apartments. It ...
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Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
SPRINGFIELD — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar revealed on Monday ... a still-in-use introduction for the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum in Charleston. Consequently, Edgar's announcement on Monday ...
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Bears host first collegiate women's flag football game in Illinois history
On March 8 — International Women's Day — the Bears hosted the first ever collegiate women's flag football game in the state of Illinois. A crowd of coaches ... "We had the most powerful woman in the ...
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Sculptor Preston Jackson to speak at ALPLM about fellow artist Richard Hunt
Jackson will be interviewed by Ross Stanton Jordan, curator of the ALPLM’s “Freedom in Form” exhibition. At 2 p.m. the same day, Jordan will lead a special tour of the exhibition and discuss Richard ...
The Washington Post16d
New exhibit shows how African Americans returned from World War I only to a fight a war at home
Greer’s diary, a snapshot from that story, is on display in a moving new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, entitled “We Return Fighting ...
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Event celebrating ‘Pioneers in African-American History’ comes to St. George Theatre: How to get tickets
“Trailblazers of Change – Celebrating Pioneers in African American History,” will feature a panel discussion followed by a screening of “The Six Triple Eight,” a film by Tyler Perr ...
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How this Springfield history museum exhibit explores Jewish life in the Ozarks
A new exhibit at the History Museum on the Square in Springfield, Missouri, explores the history of Jewish people in the Ozarks. The exhibit, "Creating Community: Jews of Springfield," features ...
Black Enterprise19d
Nevada Museum Owner Wants City To Help Reopen Her Establishment Instead Of Building A New One
Gwen Walker, owner of the Walker African American Museum and Research Center, Nevada’s first African American history museum, wants the city to help reopen her museum instead of going through ...
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With New Land Deal, Sarasota African American Cultural Center Moves Closer to Becoming Reality
has secured a path forward for its long-anticipated African American Art Center and History Museum. The Sarasota City Commission this week approved an "option to purchase" agreement, allowing ...
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2 historic Springfield churches get marker on African American Heritage Trail
The marker is part of the Springfield-Greene County African American Heritage Trail, which documents the history of the Black community in the region. At the Monday dedication of a marker honoring ...
Oregonian28d
Washington County’s history museum closed. What happens to the collection?
Washington County is on the verge of losing its history museum and its historical society ... “The act of collecting almost exclusively European American settler artifacts and personal ...
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Funding for Woodson African American History Museum in limbo
The Rays' new stadium in St. Petersburg was also supposed to mean a new home for a two-story, $38 million African American History Museum. The museum had been looking for a new home for more than five ...