Imagine driving west from Charleston, W.Va., to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on the coldest weekend you had ever experienced for a graduate music audition, only to arrive and find the professor you knew — well, not really knew, but…
Trump seeks to gild American history at the Smithsonian
President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.” This was the 105th of 107 executive orders Trump has signed…
Baylor professor’s quest to preserve golden age of black gospel lands in Smithsonian
A Baylor University professor’s quest to preserve historic black gospel music has gotten the attention of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture opens Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C., with an exhibit featuring African-American musical…