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$1.1M awarded to preserve African-American historic sites

(Dialogue Magazine) — Grants totaling $1.1 million will help support important African-American heritage sites including the homes of jazz musician John Coltrane and playwright August Wilson, a Virginia location central to the slave trade and civil rights locations in Birmingham, a preservation group announced Friday.

Obama Portraits Unveiled at Smithsonian Museum

(Dialogue Magazine) — When Barack Obama speaks, people listen. At least they did when he was in the White House. But that kind of authority didn’t hold much sway when it came time for his presidential portrait.