Jillian Caddell is lecturer in American literature and culture at the University of Kent.
The artist draws on 19th-century battle scenes to create a very different historical narrative at the Hirshhorn
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have won the commissions to paint the former U.S. president and first lady
The discovery of a noose at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is a grim justification of its existence
The Battle of Atlanta belongs to an extinct genre, but the historical questions it raises are still relevant today
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture offers a history lesson for all
