(1995, 56 minutes) Rich in photographs, film clips, and reminiscences, this program highlights the Smith brothers' experience in the mass migration of African-Americans from the South to Harlem. For nearly four decades, twins Morgan and Marvin Smith captured the vibrant life of Harlem in photographs and on film. Their work reveals them as both talented artists and socially conscious community members who worked deliberately to capture the beauty and complexities of their African American subjects. Winner Silver Apple, National Educational Media Festival, 1997.
About the Community History Program
The Tennessee Community History program provides community-based educational programs about the history and cultural life of Tennessee communities in the context of the history and cultural life of our nation and our world. The goal of the program is to build stronger Tennessee communities, enriched by an understanding of the past and the cultural lives of the peoples who share these communities. Read more ...
Development Fund
Designed to assist emerging history and cultural institutions develop long-term growth and sustainability, the Fund provides partner organizations financial support in the various phases of its work bringing the humanities to the public. Read more..
Program Bureau Video Library
Humanities Tennessee has created a lending library of award-winning video documentaries dealing with a broad range of topics on Southern history and culture. Videos are available free of charge to any non-profit, school, or community group in Tennessee. Read more...
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Museum on Main Street
This program brings traveling Smithsonian exhibitions to small or emerging museums throughout the state. Our upcoming exhibit, The Way We Worked, opens in September, 2011. Read more ...
Tennessee Association of Museums Scholarships
Since 2003, Humanities Tennessee has offered a scholarship program for the Tennessee Association of Museums' (TAM) annual conference held every March. This initiative stems from our commitment to provide opportunities for professional and organizational development of Tennessee's museums and their humanities programming. Find out more about the TAM Scholarship Program ...
