Setsuko's Secret: Transformational Stories
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
Don’t miss an exciting new conversation about “Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration.” On October 21, 2021, Author Shirley Ann Higuchi, J.D., chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, shared her painful transformational journey uncovering and writing about her family’s history and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Higuchi was joined by former child incarcerees, Sam Mihara and “Mr. Heart Mountain,” Bacon Sakatani who shared their own firsthand remembrances of the Heart Mountain incarceration site and how as adults, they came to terms with the reality that Heart Mountain was a US government prison. Doug Nelson, vice chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and Dakota Russell, Executive Director, joined them for closing remarks on how these stories have inspired the current work of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.

Discussion: Graphic Novel about Resisting Japanese American Imprisonment
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
The new graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration,” presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present. Through the distinct but interconnected stories of Jim Akutsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, and Mitsuye Endo, three Japanese Americans who resisted imprisonment in American concentration camps during WWII, We Hereby Refuse exposes the often untold stories of the camp experience.
On June 26, 2021, writers Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura came together for a conversation and reading of their graphic novel. They were joined by artist Ross Ishikawa to talk about his process recreating Japanese American history with 3-D modeling and YURI Education Project creators who shared the free online resources that accompany the book. The conversation was moderated by Dr. Kelly Fong, Professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA.

History Film Forum: How the Monuments Came Down
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave, 20560, United States
How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond, Virginia. The feature-length film — brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists — reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.
Following the screening, stay tuned for a dynamic discussion led by Modupe Labode, a curator at the National Museum of American History, with Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren, who directed, produced, and edited the film; Christy S. Coleman, Executive Director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; and 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

The History Film Forum: How it Feels to be Free
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave, 20560, United States
The History Film Forum is an online series from the Smithsonian that explores history on the screen and the evolution of film as public history.
The “American Masters”/PBS documentary examines how six iconic African American women entertainers—Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson, and Pam Grier—broke thorough and challenged an entertainment industry hell-bent on keeping them out, transforming both themselves and their audiences in the process.
Join the film’s director Yoruba Richen, executive director Lacey Schwartz Delgado, and Fath Davis Ruffins, curator of African American history and culture at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, in a live conversation and Q&A session that focuses on how the film was made and the story it tells.
Presented by Smithsonian Associate and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History through the generous support of Dan Manatt and Democracy Films.

Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | Kings Mountain Historical Museum, 100 East Mountain St., PO Box 552, Kings Mountain, NC, 28086, United States
EXHIBIT
Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County
June 21-October 22, 2022
Tuesday-Saturday/ 10am-4pm
FREE ADMISSION
The Kings Mountain Historical Museum is proud to announce a new exhibit coming this summer. The exhibit was created in conjunction with The Dover Library’s University Archives at Gardner Webb University and The Earl Scruggs Center.
Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County offers visitors a look at some of the Bibles that were owned by Cleveland County residents and some of the interesting ways in which they were used in the secular world of the 19th and 20th centuries. This exhibit features several Bibles which include The O. Max Gardner Inaugural Bible, The O.M. Mull Inaugural Bible, a 1648 Field Bible, and many others. In addition to this collection, we are pulling several Bibles, Hymnals, and other items from our own collections to add to the story.
Generous Support for Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County provided by The O. Max Gardner Foundation.
Special thanks to the Gardner-Webb Visual Arts Department and The Earl Scruggs Center.

Celebrate Diversity Together at The Unity Center!
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | The California Museum, 1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
The Unity Center exhibit at the California Museum celebrates the state’s diverse people, customs and cultures.
Initiated in 1999 in response to a series of Northern California hate crimes, the Center’s interactive multimedia exhibits highlight leaders in the state’s rich civil rights history and encourage visitors to find common ground while embracing their own individuality.
Through advocacy tools and engaging educational programs, visitors are empowered to be Unity Activists, exercising their rights and standing up for the rights of others – regardless of belief, background, identity or gender.

Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece Activity Guide
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, United States
Created to accompany the exhibition “Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660,” this guide uses prompts and activities to encourage thoughtful reflection and art making inspired by JANM’s collections of Okubo’s illustrations.
Use this resource at home or in the classroom with the museum’s digital repository of Okubo’s work.

Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | The California Museum, United States
Discover the stories of selected Golden State women from the 1700s to present who inspire change and reflection on the ongoing struggle for equality in the online version of the signature exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World.”

Join Clio on a Walking Tour through History
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Clio Foundation, United States
With the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and donations from over one hundred people and organizations, Clio is a free platform designed to help organizations create and share walking tours and thematic trails that connect people to nearby history, art, and other topics. There are now over 1400 walking tours in Clio and the free website and mobile application will also guide the public to a growing library of over 35,000 landmarks throughout the United States. There are also virtual tours of museums and sites, interpretive nature trails that connect people to human and natural history, and thematic trails. Each month, organizations like historical societies, museums, libraries, and universities publish dozens of new trails and tours that can include audio narration, images, text, and links to related primary and secondary sources. Clio is a small non-profit organization sustained by an active volunteer community dedicated to connecting the public to nearby history, art, and culture.

Collected: Black Feminism Re-rooted Podcast
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | National Museum of American History, United States
Collected is a project of the African American History Curatorial Collective at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Centering stories curated by the Collective’s members, this podcast offers compelling and accessible journeys through topics in African American history that are particularly relevant today.
The topic for the first season of Collected is Black Feminism. Over this six-episode podcast season, listeners will encounter terms and ideas circulating in mainstream society that have their roots in the work of Black feminist writers and activists. By exploring the history around terms like “intersectionality,” “self-care,” and “identity politics,” with the help of notable Black women scholars and writers in the field, Collected highlights the importance of Black women thinkers and shows how their work, past and present, can be used to interpret our present moment. Hosted by Dr. Crystal Moten and Dr. Krystal Klingenberg, the show highlights why Black feminist critique remains crucial to understanding the times we are living in and how we might look to the past for an understanding of our future.

Check out Miné Okubo Collection on the Japanese American WWII Experience
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, United States
Drawings and paintings by Miné Okubo, a Japanese American artist, created while incarcerated during World War II in California and Utah; and postwar in New York City, New York.

Pleasure, Power, and Sexual Liberation: Group meditation and discussion
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Rubin Museum of Art, United States
What actions can we take to heal a society reeling from the abuse of power in the realms of gender and sexuality? Tibetan Buddhist lama and Harvard-trained theologian Rod Owens is known for bringing ease, authenticity, and humor to “the stuff we’re scared to talk about.” Join him and Compassionate Action Series host Kate Johnson for guidance on how we can use this cultural moment as an opportunity to liberate our collective conditioning around power, pleasure, gender, sexuality, and consent.
The session will start with a secular meditation practice guided by Lama Rod and continue with a discussion between these spiritual activists on finding safety, restoring trust, and feeling good in our bodies and communities. Audience members will have space to ask questions and learn joyful strategies for working with these complex issues in their everyday lives.

The Candy Kitchen: An American Immigration Story
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Fourth Wall Films, United States
This excerpt from the Emmy-nominated “River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6” tells the story behind the Wilton, Iowa Candy Kitchen restaurant. From its Greek origins to it’s classic Americana present, the heart and soul of this colorful little soda shop on a two-lane highway will always be Thelma and George Nopoulos.

Revolutionary City: A Portal to the Nation's Founding
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | American Philosophical Society Library & Museum, 104 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, United States
“Revolutionary City: A Portal to the Nation’s Founding” is a one-stop-shop for students, teachers, scholars, and lovers of history to learn about diverse stories of the American Revolution from the perspective of early residents of America’s revolutionary city. Focused on the stories of everyday Philadelphians, the portal pushes beyond the Founder-centric narrative by bringing together archival collections from the American Philosophical, Library Company of Philadelphia, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Insurance During the "Golden Age of Black Business"
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Filson Historical Society, United States
Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance, Co. (1915-1992) was one of the largest Black-owned and operated companies in Kentucky’s history. Four individuals founded Mammoth Life during the “Golden Age of Black Business” in Louisville, Kentucky: B.O. Wilkerson, Rochelle I. Smith, William H. Wright, and Henry E. Hall. By 1928, Mammoth Life opened district offices in seven neighboring states: Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The corporation was central to the Black community for decades, especially during the height of racial segregation. In 1992, Atlanta Life Insurance brought out Mammoth Life, another Black-owned business headquartered in Georgia. By 1994, Atlanta Life closed down the flagship Louisville district office. This digital exhibit pairs together black and white photographs, newspaper clippings, and pastel portraits of former presidents to explore the history of Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance, Co.

General George Washington and the Crossing of the Delaware
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | America250, United States
George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware River on Christmas, 1776. They were heading from Pennsylvania to engage the British-paid Hessians at Trenton, New Jersey. Read about the dangerous travels to Trenton, and the challenges of returning to Pennsylvania after their victory.
America250 is a multi-year effort to commemorate the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, and the corresponding America250 Foundation, is to catalyze a more perfect union by designing and leading the most comprehensive and inclusive celebration in our country’s history. America250 represents a coalition of public and private partners all working to create initiatives and programs that honor our first 250 years and inspire Americans to imagine our next 250.

History Of The Postage Stamp for Kids!
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | America250, United States
When it was first invented, people thought the postage stamp was silly. Why would anyone pay to send a letter, when they were used to paying to receive it? Learn the fascinating history of the postage stamp, and the first two stamps issued in the United States (can you guess who was featured on them?). Then, create your own postage stamp design!
Reading level: Grade 6
America250 is a multi-year effort to commemorate the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, and the corresponding America250 Foundation, is to catalyze a more perfect union by designing and leading the most comprehensive and inclusive celebration in our country’s history. America250 represents a coalition of public and private partners all working to create initiatives and programs that honor our first 250 years and inspire Americans to imagine our next 250.

Sergeant Henry Johnson, WWI Hero
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | America250, United States
Henry Johnson, a Black man who had left the South as part of the Great Migration, signed up to serve his country during World War I. But the American military at the time was segregated, and Pvt. Henry Johnson and his regiment of Harlem Hellfighters were attached to a French army unit on the front lines. Read about their defense against enemy attack in May of 1918, and how Johnson became one of the first Americans ever awarded France’s Croix de Guerre. And read what happened afterwards…
America250 is a multi-year effort to commemorate the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, and the corresponding America250 Foundation, is to catalyze a more perfect union by designing and leading the most comprehensive and inclusive celebration in our country’s history. America250 represents a coalition of public and private partners all working to create initiatives and programs that honor our first 250 years and inspire Americans to imagine our next 250.

Fresh Talk: Place and Power
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | National Museum of Women in the Arts, United States
To what degree are identities shaped by food exchanges—from cultivation and harvest to preparation and consumption? In this virtual program, food rights activist Ianne Fields Stewart, interdisciplinary artist Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, culinary historian Laura Shapiro, and interdisciplinary artist Zina Saro-Wiwa discussed questions of global food access, gender, class, and labor.

Haunted Halloween History
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | America250, United States
Halloween was introduced to the United States by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the mid-1800s. Read here how it became the very American holiday we think of today, including how railroads and telegraphs changed it, and about the woman who invented “trick or treat.” This article includes an activity for kids to write a Halloween story and design a costume.
Reading Level: Grade 8
America250 is a multi-year effort to commemorate the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, and the corresponding America250 Foundation, is to catalyze a more perfect union by designing and leading the most comprehensive and inclusive celebration in our country’s history. America250 represents a coalition of public and private partners all working to create initiatives and programs that honor our first 250 years and inspire Americans to imagine our next 250.

Revolutionary Questions
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | ActiVote, United States
Viewed through a wider lens, declaring independence involved more than a single document and a single historical moment. Before July 1776, numerous local organizations had urged the Congress to embrace independence. And it was not just “Founding Fathers” but also a broader population whose actions gave the Declaration meaning. A broad-based Founding Generation—ordinary free men, women held subordinate by law, enslaved African Americans, and others—brought their own ideas of liberty to the Revolutionary moment.
Later generations, too, would struggle over Revolutionary issues, some seeking to fulfill the Declaration’s proclaimed ideals and others promoting vested interests seeking to bypass popular consent. Given the many limits of the nation that the Revolution established, can the Declaration still be a source of commitment and identity for Americans today?
Explore these “Revolutionary Questions” to start a conversation in your community!

Community Conversation on "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War" by President Jimmy Carter
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | America250, United States
When we reflect on the American Revolution, the crucial role of the South is often overlooked. In this pre-recorded conversation, speakers Jacob Ross and Tawnya Waggle, both from the National Park Service, reflect on President Jimmy Carter’s historical fiction set during the Revolution in the southern states. The conversation connected the book to President Carter’s views of government, the oppression of enslaved African Americans and Native Americans, and the complexity of the Southern Campaign.

American Indian Life Series (Multiple dates)
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | Colonial Williamsburg, 429 E. Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Join us for this thought-provoking series exploring past and present American Indian cultures. Each day, an American Indian Interpreter will delve into a different topic: You may examine certain native societies’ influence on American democracy and its struggle for independence and the ways in which they adapted to this changing world. You may discover how European fashion affected American Indian culture and vice versa or the diversity of American Indian religious practices and beliefs. No matter the topic, this exploration of the diversity of American Indian nations and their role in our collective story is sure to captivate.

Nation Builders Discuss the Cost of Freedom (Multiple Dates)
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | Colonial Williamsburg, 301 S. Nassau Street, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Join two Nation Builders to discuss the Cost of Freedom during the formation of the United States; the impact on soldiers and civilians in the war, the fight for religious freedom and separation of church and state, the arguments at the Constitutional Convention regarding the Bill of Rights, the self-liberation and emancipation of some enslaved people and the return to and continuance of bondage for others, the impact on families that stayed intact and those that were split apart, etc. Speak with the Nation Builders, and the historians who portray them, to give context to the ins and outs of their 18th-century world.

How Women's Sports Have Progressed Since Title IX
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | UT Center for Sport, Peace & Society, United States
On June 23, to celebrate 50 years of Title IX, the UT Center for Sport, Peace and Society will launch a website that includes interactive global maps highlighting the connection between national and international laws and policies to the history and progression of women’s sports. This multimedia storytelling and research project champions the fearless superheroes who are standing up to convention in their use of sport as a tool for social change on the field, in communities, across media and the world.

How young, undocumented organizers fought to bring DACA into existence
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, United States
Undocumented organizers catapulted themselves into the center of one of the nation’s fiercest debates to form an unlikely, yet powerful, political voice. From the DREAM Act, to DACA, to deportation and policing, undocumented organizers ushered in a new era of political activism, shaping policies, influencing elections, and sparking national conversations about exclusion and belonging.

The undocumented organizing collecting initiative explores the roots of how undocumented activists worked to fight for the DREAM Act, create DACA, and expand immigrant rights over the past two decades.

How one girl helped build a Latinx civil rights movement
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, United States
By the time she graduated high school, Jessica Govea knew without a doubt that social justice was her calling, and at the age of 19 she joined Cesar Chavez and the organization that would eventually become the United Farm Workers (UFW).

Isabella Aiukli Cornell makes prom political
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, United States
For Isabella Aiukli Cornell, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a prom dress was the perfect vehicle to express pride for her Native heritage and to signal her support of a growing political movement with which she has been deeply involved.

Fresh Talk: Liz Ogbu and Swoon—How do we build to better?
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | National Museum of Women in the Arts, United States
Liz Ogbu, a designer, urbanist and social innovator, participates in a conversation with artist Caledonia Curry (a.k.a. Swoon) about solving social problems through creative transformations of places, systems and communities. Moderated by journalist Kriston Capps.

A People’s Journey, A Nation’s Story
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, 1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20560, United States
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by an Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 40,000 artifacts and nearly 100,000 individuals have become members. The Museum opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the 19th museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
