| Details | In celebration of Black Philanthropy Month, go behind the scenes to learn what curators and research interns are discovering in the collections. “Pancaked” ballet shoes worn by Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre principal dancer and Project Plié mentor to dance students of color. An early 20th-century donor list for the National Training School for Women and Girls founded by famed educator Nannie Helen Burroughs. These objects and others tell the long and complex history of Black giving.
Since the nation’s beginning, African Americans have been philanthropists, supporting communities and advocating for social justice. As fundraisers, they have mobilized philanthropic resources of time, money, and testimony and played an integral role in shaping American fundraising practices while facing hostility toward independent Black institution-building and systemic racism’s constraints on wealth accumulation.
Hosted by Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D., Elizabeth MacMillan Director, in conversation with Modupe Labode, Ph.D., Curator, Divisions of Political & Military History and Cultural & Community Life; Amanda B. Moniz, Ph.D., David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy; Crystal Moten, Ph.D., Curator of African American History; and Acoma Gaither and Sylvia Marshall, Research Interns
The National Museum of American History welcomes visitors of all ages and abilities. CART captioning will be available for this program. Additional accommodations are available upon request; please email nmahprograms@si.edu
The Philanthropy Initiative is made possible by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and David M. Rubenstein, with additional support by the Fidelity Charitable Trustees' Initiative, a grantmaking program of Fidelity Charitable
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