Community
“Making a Way Out of No Way” is an expression in the African American community that reveals power of community. Whether through church congregations or labor organizations, sewing circles or sororities; through intellect, grit, and resilience, community makes the impossible possible.
In 1977, 13 years before the Americans with Disabilities Act, Kitty Cone and other disability rights activists occupied a federal building in San Francisco. They demanded the government protect their rights. Ren, a student, speaks with Katherine Ott, curator at our National Museum of American History, about why Cone's work matters.
Collection Objects
Learn these stories or see more objects that showcase to the power of community in our collections.
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The Song That Connected Two Women across Time
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Juliette Gordon Low Envisioned a Broad-Based Girl Scout Movement
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Kay Sekimachi Found Solace in Art While Interned
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What U.S Army Veteran Mitchelene BigMan Wore to a Presidential Inaugural Parade
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Coming of Age, Latina Style
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Finding Solidarity and Self-Sufficiency through Black Sororities
Videos

Smithsonian American Women
