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Events & Programs
Black History Month Family Day
Activities include dramatic performances, hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a preview of a new documentary, Freedom Summer. Feb. 1, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.Webcast: Freedom Summer
In this free National Youth Summit webcast, civil rights activists and students discuss the 1964 youth-led effort to end the political disenfranchisement and educational inequality of African Americans in Mississippi. Feb. 5, 12-1 p.m.Hands-on Carts
Get your hands on history at one of our interactive carts. Activities include operating a cotton gin, peeking through a stereoscope, using a press to print a card, and copying a letter the way Jefferson did. Daily at the Museum.
This Day In History
January 23, 1737
Today in 1737: Revolutionary leader John Hancock, known for rattling the British, is born. He later gives this rattle to his son.
Video: Political Comic Books
Before television became widespread, political candidates used many means to bring their message to potential voters, including one that has all but disappeared today: the political comic book. Host Tory Altman talks with curator Larry Bird about the Museum's collection of these unique artifacts in our newest episode of http://americanhistory.si.e....
Written and Directed by: Jake Morgan
Edited by: Jake Morgan and Kent Chadwick ">Founding Fragments.
Written and Directed by: Jake Morgan
Edited by: Jake Morgan and Kent Chadwick ">Founding Fragments.
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