Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Coming this Spring
Exhibition: Riots are the Language of the Unheard
at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Riots Are The Language of the Unheard. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Riots are the Language of the Unheard is a multimedia exhibit consisting of photographs, video footage and artifacts investigating the grievances that led to the riots, the efforts to address those grievances, the riots, and their ripple effects. Contributors to the exhibit include the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., District of Columbia Archives, The Washington Post, the Exposure Group, and contributors to YouTube.com.
Jeff Donaldson: A Retrospective From the Wall of Respect to AFRICOBRA
Jeff Donaldson (1932-2004) was an iconic artist of the Black Arts Movement. From his early involvement with the Organization of Black American Culture, the definitive Wall of Respect in Chicago, and one of the longest running schools of art, AFRI-COBRA - the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists, Donaldson inspired a generation to celebrate black aesthetics, social responsibility, and self-identity. The exhibit includes a large body of Donaldson's works, and true to the tradition of AFRI-COBRA is jammed-packed and jelly-tight!
Exhibition: Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia
Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Baseball Leagues
At the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
May 18, 2008 - October 5, 2008
From Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century, baseball, the great American pastime, was played in Washington, D.C., on segregated fields. This exhibition, a collaboration between the HSW and the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum, looks at the phenomenal popularity and community draw of this sport when played by African Americans. Featured are such personalities as Jpsh Gibson and "Buck" Leonard, star players of the Homestead Grays. The show also highlights community teams that gave rise to the various amateur, collegiate and semi-pro black baseball teams and leagues.
"Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of the Negro Baseball Leagues," developed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, accompanies the Smithsonian exhibition. Through photographs and memorabilia, this traveling exhibit presents a timeline of the history of blacks in baseball. Both exhibitions are being presented in collaboration with and are on display at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Collaboration/Sponsor Credits:
Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia
An exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum in collaboration with The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Baseball Leagues
An exhibition by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Presented by the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum in collaboration with The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Bank of America
Exhibition Promotional Image
1. Credit: Howard University Varsity baseball team, 1911. Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Lois Turner Williams
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