Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 12-102
National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture
Program Records, 1975-2000
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of the Program in African American Culture (PAAC), with earlier records dating from when PAAC was known as the Program in African American History and the Program in Black American Culture, respectively. The records primarily document planning for conferences and symposiums, such as "Roberta Martin and the Roberta Martin Singers: The Legacy and the Music;" "Voices of the Civil Rights Movement;" "Mind on Freedom: Celebrating the History and Culture of America's Black Colleges and Universities;" "African American Dance: Beauty, Rhythm, and Power;" "Ancestral Missions: Preserving our Foremother's Legacies;" "100 Years of Black Film: Imagining African American Life, History, and Culture;" "Herbs, Oils, and Candles: Women's Ritual Healing Traditions in African American Literature and Lore;" "We'll Understand It Better By and By: A National Conference on African American Gospel Music Scholarship in Tribute to Pearl Williams-Jones;" "Key to Empowerment? The Voting Rights Act of 1965;" and "Will the Circle be Unbroken? Historical Perspectives on the African Diaspora."
Materials include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Bernice Johnson Reagon, Director, 1983-1988; Gwendolyn Robinson, Director, 1989-1992; Niani Kilkenny, Acting Director, 1988-1989, and Director, 1992- ; Alonzo Nelson Smith, Research Historian; Joyce Lancaster, Researcher; and Rhea Combs, Event Producer. Also included are proposals, program schedules, contracts, budget summaries, meeting agendas and minutes, publications, reports, press releases, concert and special events information, and photographs. Some materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- 100 Years of Black Film: Imagining African American Life, History, and Culture (Conference) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- African American Dance: Beauty, Rhythm, and Power (Conference) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Ancestral Missions: Preserving our Foremother's Legacies (Conference) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Combs, Rhea
- Herbs, Oils, and Candles: Women's Ritual Healing Traditions in African American Literature and Lore (Conference) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Key to Empowerment? The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Conference) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Kilkenny, Niani
- Lancaster, Joyce
- Mind on Freedom: Celebrating the History and Culture of America's Black Colleges and Universities (Conference) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Program in African American History
- Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
- Roberta Martin and the Roberta Martin Singers: The Legacy and the Music (Conference) (1981: Washington, D.C.)
- Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah
- Smith, Alonzo Nelson
- Smithsonian Institution. Program in Black American Culture
- Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Symposium) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- We'll Understand It Better By and By: A National Conference on African American Gospel Music Scholarship in Tribute to Pearl Williams-Jones (Conference) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Will the Circle be Unbroken? Historical Perspectives on the African Diaspora (Conference) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- African Americans. -- History
- African diaspora
- Concerts
- Conference proceedings
- Congresses and conventions
- Contracts
- Special events
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 12-102, National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture, Program Records