A vast collection of more than 4,000 online primary sources including documents, photographs, and other artifacts that illustrate African American history.

Explore a selection of self-portraits and other works by Black artists in the Smithsonian's collections. Visual Art and the American Experience, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, illustrates the critical role American artists of African descent have played in shaping the history of American art.

From Aretha Franklin to Prince and Miles Davis, the most influential Black musicians of all time have made the music world what it is today.