Throughout the National Mall’s history, African Americans have helped shape every aspect of its development: from the land and buildings to the ways in which we view and experience this iconic space. Below we highlight some of the African American thought leaders, community leaders, business leaders, performers and others who have influenced the National Mall and who continue to build its robust future.
Read MoreTrust President and CEO, Catherine Townsend shares her reflections on the ways that The National Mall has served as a place to gather, unite, speak up and demonstrate what it looks like when the principles of free speech and freedom of assembly come to life.
Read MoreFor the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution enfranchising women, National Park Service park rangers at the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument created these one-minute videos that highlight suffrage subjects and the heroes who made woman suffrage a reality—including those women who continued the fight for full enfranchisement beyond 1920.
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