Revisiting Our Black Mosaic
The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, hosted a full day of discussions on race, immigration, gentrification, education, museums, and community in the Washington D.C. metro area on September 19, 2014.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: A NEW IMMIGRANT GATEWAY
Introduction: Dr. Ariana A Curtis, Curator of Latino Studies and event organizer, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Audrey Singer, Senior Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
BACKGROUND
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The program references the museum’s 1994 landmark exhibition Black Mosaic, a multicultural, multilingual exhibition which examined race, nationality, and ethnicity of black immigrants in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
20 years have passed since the Black Mosaic exhibition, and in that time both the local and national contexts have changed. Formerly predominately “Black” cities, like Washington, D.C., are changing in demographic composition. Immigration is a hotly debated national issue. Latinos have come to outnumber African-Americans as the largest minority in the United States. Native-born Black populations are declining while African immigrant populations have hit an all-time high.
To address these important topics the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, hosted a full day of discussions on race, immigration, gentrification, education, museums, and community in the Washington D.C. metro area
Revisiting Our Black Mosaic Symposium
September 19, 2014 9:00am - 4:30pm
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza - 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004-3027
The Revisiting Our Black Mosaic Symposium received financial support from:
• Anacostia Community Museum
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Latino Initiatives Pool, a federal fund administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Smithsonian Consortium for Understanding the American Experience
• Smithsonian Consortium for Valuing World Cultures