Press Releases

Building a More Perfect Union: Museum of African American History with the Boston Writing Project Awarded Pandemic Recovery Grant

Grant funded by the National Writing Project as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking program.

Living Legends Gala 2021

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, “BLACK-ISH” STAR, ANTHONY ANDERSON RETURNS AS HOST Hill Harper, Dr. Peter L. Slavin, Lee Pelton, and Ibram Kendi Honored as Living Legends on Sunday, December 5, 2021

Museum of African American History Launches Museum to Expand Online Learning and Archival Resources

Boston (July 15, 2020) - The Museum of African American History (MAAH) announced today that it has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Liberty Mutual Foundation to create new programs that position MAAH at the forefront of today’s local and national discourse about equity and civil rights. READ MORE

Museum Response to Racial Injustice

We who believe in social justice cannot rest