Accessible
for people with disabilities On Line Exhibitions
All
the Stories Are True
This
website is the online supplement to All the Stories Are True. Inside you will
find biographical information on the featured authors and video clips not
found in the exhibition.
The
Adam Francis Plummer Diary
Adam
Francis Plummer was born into slavery in 1819 on the Goodwood Plantation of
George Calvert, a descendant of the founding governors of the Colony of Maryland,
in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. This website presents
the Diary of Adam Francis Plummer in a digital format with a transcription
of the diary, images and descriptions of the other materials in the Plummer-Arnold
Family Collection, essays, a glossary of terms, and educational resources
for teachers. Throughout the website and in the essays, special words or concepts
are noted in red italics. These words
and concepts are found in the glossary section of the website.
Speak
to My Heart: Communities of Faith and Contemporary African American Life
Speak
to My Heart is a virtual exhibition about faith and spiritual traditions in
the African American community. The original exhibition closed Septemeber
of 2000. Also, please note that the Smithsonian Institution Arts and Industries
Building is now closed to the public.
Still
Cookin' By the Fireside: African Americans in Food Service
Still
Cookin' By the Fireside is a virtual exhibition that explores the involvement
of African Americans in food service from the Colonial Era to the Post-World
War II Era.
