Exhibit Conversation Guide: “Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.”

Take a trip to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture with a niece, nephew, child, or another young person in your life this summer and use this conversation guide as you walk through the exhibit, Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. This guide is a tool caregivers and educators can use to facilitate conversations and connections to art in the Reckoning exhibit with children.

Through art and photography, Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. demonstrates the struggle Black Americans have faced in their pursuit to enjoy the fundamental rights and freedoms promised in the United States constitution. In the face of systemic and direct racism and violence, the resistance and resilience of Black Americans have inspired hope and created change. Black artists document and challenge racial and social inequity through their work, inspiring viewers to resist inequalities, remember the past, and rise up in spite of the pain to continue the quest for justice.