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Director's MessageIn Slavery’s Shadow: George Floyd and American Legacies Museum StatementContemporary Collecting at Lafayette Square Becoming USA new teacher resource on migration and immigration Smithsonian museums continue to be closed to support the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. Read a message from our director, and check our website and social media for updates. Empowering people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring,preserving, and sharing the complexity of our past. Exhibitions on a range of topics offer firsthand experiences with treasures of American history. We collect artifacts of all kinds—from gowns to locomotives—to preserve an enduring record of our past for the American people. New Statements from Smithsonian LeadersSee a statement from Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch responding to recent incidents of violence against black people. Museum Director Anthea M. Hartig also released a statement, In Slavery’s Shadow: George Floyd and American Legacies. Contemporary Collecting at Lafayette SquareThe museum is working with others at the Smithsonian to document, collect, and preserve the expressions of protest and hope from Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Talking About RaceThis new digital portal from the National Museum of African American History and Culture provides resources to help educators, communities, and families foster constructive dialogues about racism and its impact. Viral Histories: Stories of Racism, Resilience, and Resistance in Asian American CommunitiesMissed our online program? View interviews and archived discussions with four community leaders. Explore Learning ResourcesOur website offers many ways to explore history, including online exhibitions, museum tours, educator resources, activities for kids, and our online collections. Chef Lena Richard: Culinary Icon and Activist Lena Richard was an African American chef who built a culinary empire in New Orleans during the Jim Crow era. She reshaped public understanding of New Orleans’ cuisine, but her story has never been given its proper due. When Watchmen were Klansmen HBO’s Watchmen has drawn critical acclaim, particularly for its grounding in the historical reality of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, a violent racial pogrom against that city’s prosperous black enclave of Greenwood. How picturing the Boston Massacre matters Did you know Crispus Attucks' name wasn't Crispus Attucks? Discover the differences between what actually happened at the Boston Massacre, how we remember it, and why it matters. Mary Walker, the Original New Woman Mary Edwards Walker defied convention in just about everything she did. Walker was uncompromising in her beliefs about herself and the world she lived in. In an 1897 interview, Walker declared herself “the original new woman."

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