… photographs, visual art, sound installations, and interactive opportunities for visitors to get involved,  Women Hold Up Half the Sky  was a wake-up call to the injustices perpetrated … we can effect change. Confronting the malign persistence of sex trafficking, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality, the exhibition told stories of women from around the globe who … Among them was Saima Muhammad, who lived in fear of her abusive husband and whose community ignored her suffering until she received a $65 microloan and built an embroidery …

… New York, was the first-ever major exhibition dedicated to this key figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. About the Exhibition On view were the iconic images that amplified one of the … Inspired by the writings of activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, Brathwaite (b. 1938) combined his political vision with the medium of photography to effect social change. Along with … founded two organizations that were instrumental in realizing his vision: African Jazz-Art Society and Studios, a collective of artists, playwrights, designers, and dancers, in 1956; and …

… family from Czechoslovakia who spent over eighty years trying to recover what the Nazis had stolen from their Jewish family.   Immerse yourself in the journey of one family from … a seat at a recreated dining room table, above which the painting was once displayed, and become immersed in the Bloch family's pre-war art collection and historic furniture. Among the artifacts on view are family photographs, letters, clothing, and suitcases that tell this dramatic story of loss, survival, and justice. …

… that reveal the vital work undertaken by a broad coalition of organizers and everyday people whose collective action changed America. See more than 150 photos taken by Movement insiders … the work of nine photographers primarily affiliated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s: Bob Adelman, George “Elfie” Ballis, Bob Fitch, Bob Fletcher, Matt … writer Jerry DeMuth, was severely beaten by a Selma sheriff's posse at a voter registration site. That incident became notorious and led to a US Justice Department investigation. Prince …