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Exhibit: Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies


  • National Museum of African American History and Culture 1400 Constitution Avenue Northeast Washington, DC, 20002 United States (map)

Exhibit: September 24, 2021 – August 21, 2022 | Where: Concourse Level, Bank of America Special Exhibitions Gallery

Family on plantation near Savannah, Georgia, late 1800s. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Open: Wednesday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Closed Mondays* and Tuesdays) | *Open Monday, January 17
Free timed-entry passes required

Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies is a 4,300-square-foot exhibition exploring the Reconstruction era through an African American lens. It features more than 175 objects, 300 images, and 14 media programs. The exhibition explores the deep divisions and clashing visions about how to rebuild the nation after slavery. It connects that era to today’s efforts to make good on the promises of the Constitution.

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