IAAM Board to Meet on November 19th 2021
The Board of Directors of the International African American Museum will meet on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 2:00 pm. The meeting will be held video conference as a result of the COVID-19 virus. Agenda is still to be determined but will sent out to registrants in advance of the meeting. Register in advance for […]
Center for Family History Named Among Best African American Geneology Sites of 2021
This month, Family Tree Magazine announced the release of their 101 Best Websites for Genealogy, updated and revised for 2021. The Center for Family History was named one of the “Best African American Geneology Sites” for 2021 by the Family Tree team. “With the online genealogy world constantly changing, it can be hard to keep […]
When Memory Becomes an Action Word: <br> Why The Tulsa Massacre Story <br> Is Longer Than Two Days
Memory should be a verb. This year, the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa, OK race massacre coincides with Memorial Day. For me, that begs the question: What are you willing to fight for? When it comes to Greenwood, I will fight to remember the whole story. We should not let the necessary remembrance of a […]
Walter Hood Inducted into American Academy of Arts & Letters
Walter Hood, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient and designer of the museum’s African Ancestors Memorial Garden, was inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Letters during its virtual award ceremony on May 19 at 7 p.m. EST. Membership in the Academy is limited to 300 architects, visual artists, composers, and writers who are elected for […]
IAAM CEO Among Distinguished South Carolina State University Panelists
Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, President and CEO of the International African American Museum (IAAM) will join distinguished panelists Dr. Porchia Moore, critical race theorist and professor of Museum Studies at the University of Florida, and Zaire McPhearson, South Carolina State University alumna, artist, educator and recent graduate of the Masters in Fine Arts program at Duke […]
