Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

One Short March, One Long Journey

More than forty years ago, a small group of protesters set out for Raleigh to present a petition to the governor of North Carolina asking to reduce the prison sentences of a group known around the state, nation, and world as the Wilmington Ten.

Group of red, yellow, orange, green peppers. (Biomuseo)

How A Plant from the Americas Conquered the World

Gallery view of the Heard Museum exhibition,

Reunited And It Feels So Good

Staff from the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative lead a workshop in Nebraska. (Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative)

How Unprecedented Flooding Brought a Community Together