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Mark Your Calendar: Black History Month, Exhibits, Jazz and More at the National Museum of American History

This February at the museum, we're celebrating a new season of the podcast, commemorating Black History Month, and listening to some jazz. Check out the calendar to find out what's going on this month!

Amy Kehs | January 24, 2025

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Bernice Johnson Reagon's Lessons for Living

Bernice Johnson Reagon’s life offers us lessons to navigate an unjust world and work toward change. From her role as a Civil Rights activist to her transformative curatorial position at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Reagon demonstrated how songs and musical traditions, particularly those of the oppressed and marginalized, can transform the world.

Camille "Mimi" Borders, GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow | October 4, 2024

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Reflecting on the Ten Year Anniversary of DACA

Three undocumented organizers share their reflections from inside the movement

Patty Arteaga, Nancy Bercaw, José Centeno-Meléndez, Alex Hanesworth, and Delia Beristain Noreiga | June 27, 2022

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