Kelly Elaine Navies, Museum Specialist in Oral History at the National Museum of African American History and Culture will offer a workshop on designing and implementing a community and Family oral history workshop from start to finish. The Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal created by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Community members will learn how to research their ancestors in the Freedmen’s Bureau records and be able to conduct searc

Join the National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) and Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor (MSAAHC) at the signature social justice program "A Seat at the Table" for more information visit https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/seat-table-0

BUFFALO, NY – Black history matters, and the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History is in Buffalo as part of its mission to ensure that it isn’t lost, forgotten, or erased. “We’re thrilled to support the preservation of local histories here in Buffalo and the Upstate New York region,” said Dr. Doretha K. Williams, director of the Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History. “Over the last few y