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Born in West Virginia, Ada “Bricktop” Smith taught Paris to do the Charleston. A new Smithsonian exhibition shines a light on her and other influential women of the Lost Generation.

The first installment of PBS’s American Masters tells the story of a steadfast Black sculptor who overcame countless barriers.

These couples found artistic inspiration—and love—amid the Harlem Renaissance and remained committed to serving their communities, too.

Long before downtown galleries and national museums welcomed artists of color, Black artists were making distinctive and significant work around Washington.

The display is on through April 29, and materials related to Belafonte's life and work can also be viewed by appointment.

On Feb. 12, 1900, the students of the segregated Stanton School in Jacksonville, Fla., where James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)—the poet and novelist who would go on to become the executive secretary of the NAACP—was the principal, gave the first ever performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the song that would become known as the Black national anthem, as part of a celebration of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

Marc Aronson’s lively book, “Four Streets and a Square” bills itself as “A History of Manhattan and the New York Idea,” and his way of telling that story is novel.

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VAN WERT — The Van Wert County Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Wilson G. Duprey Fund - a new unrestricted endowment fund that w

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