American Alliance of Museums (AAM) article

We are very pleased to share this article published on the American Alliance of Museums blog. It’s entitled By Any Means Necessary: Digital, Virtual, and Travelling African American and Civil Rights Exhibitions and was written by Charlene Blair, NMAAS Director.  

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Teaching black history through stamp collecting

Sharing an article that we had the honor to be featured in: *********** Charlene Blair uses her stamp collection to teach black history at Laclede Elementary School in St. Louis. Photo by: Elisa Tomich  Teaching black history through stamp collecting By Elisa Tomich, Wells Fargo Advisors communications consultant Twenty-six years ago, Charlene Blair, a Wells Fargo executive assistant, stumbled upon

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Exhibit – Freedom Just Around the Corner

I had an opportunity to see the exhibit – Freedom Just Around the Corner- at the National Postal Museum. Nice to see items on the Smithsonian website.   “U.S. postage stamps were in use for nearly a century before Booker T. Washington became the first African American to appear on one. A handful of additional black history-related designs appeared between

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