by lindaoppenheim | Feb 3, 2018 | Article
Paul Chaat Smith, one of the curators of “Americans,” a new exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is unambiguous in his thoughts about Chief Wahoo, the symbol which, it was recently announced, will be removed from the Cleveland Indians...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 29, 2017 | Article
Jared Keller’s article in the Smithsonian describes Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation which opened to the public after years of careful restoration in December 2014 as the country’s first slave museum,
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 29, 2017 | Article
In his Smithsonian article, Danny Lewis includes an interactive map that “provides a detailed look at almost every documented lynching between the 1830s and 1960s. The map is part of a website created by a group called Monroe Work Today, which takes its name...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 22, 2016 | Events, Exhibit
In anticipation of the opening of the NMAAHC on Saturday, the New York Times produced a special section “I, Too, Sing America” (Thursday, September 22, 2016) including a description of the building, and interview with the architect, David Adjaye, and...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 7, 2014 | Article
Did you know that the dap, the fist bump, is an acronym for “dignity and pride?” This article describes the evolution of the gesture and the consequences for Black Vietnam Soldiers using it. Another example of how a symbol of loving support was viewed as...
