Black History Month
John Wesley Cromwell and the Importance of Representation
John Wesley Cromwell was an influential African American lawyer, educator and activist. He was also an early advocate for a concept librarians and educators still struggle with today: representation of historically marginalized voices in American literature.
Introducing the #FunnList
This Black History Month, we’re excited to introduce the #FunnList: a spotlight on Black women in science from Smithsonian history.
The Funn List builds off the Smithsonian Funk List, the brainchild and namesake of Vicki Funk (1947-2019). Now maintained by American Women’s History Initiative Digital Curator Liz Harmon, the Funk List is an ever-expanding data set documenting over five hundred Smithsonian women in science, past and present.
