The Holy Bible containing handwritten records for the Ellis family. Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Clara Ellis Payne This Ellis family ...

A young girl guards a pile of Bibles outside Pentecostal Assemblies of God at Kwa Nduma slums in Langata which sits at the edge of Nairobi dam in a picture taken on May 05, 2024. [File, Standard] For ...

For generations, family Bibles held information on the important occurrences that took place in the Black family. African Americans trusted their bibles for much more than sacred writings— they also ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The first special exhibition to focus specifically on religion since the museum opened includes photos and artifacts accompanied by quotations of famous African Americans.

Nat Turner's Bible is now a part of the National Museum of African American History & Culture. In a report from ABC 8 News, the Bible was acquired by the museum after Wendy Porter, an instructor at ...