This new interactive digital resource from Carnegie Hall lets students, educators, researchers, and music lovers explore the rich history, evolution, and influence of African American music genres dating back more than 400 years, from the earliest folk traditions to present-day popular music. Watch on your local PBS station, or stream it online, this February. The documentary draws on Anderson’s key performances and archival interviews to show how her quiet genius and breathtaking voice set the stage for Black performers in classical music. Premiering Februon PBS’s American Experience, this NEH-funded documentary explores the life, career, art, and legacy of the famous singer who became an icon for the civil rights movement. Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands Read an excerpt at NEH’s HUMANITIES magazine.
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Researched and written with support from an NEH Public Scholars award, the book “honors the creativity and fierce resourcefulness of people who preserved family ties even when official systems refused to do so, and it serves as a visionary illustration of how to reconstruct and recount their stories today,” per its publisher, Penguin Random House. Celebrate Black History Month with this selection of NEH-funded projects and resources related to African American history and culture:Īll That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family KeepsakeĪ 2021 National Book Award winner, Tiya Miles’ All That She Carried traces the poignant human history behind a single artifact-an embroidered mid-1800s cotton sack on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture-through the lives of three generations of Black women.
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