May 18, 2008 to October 5, 2008

Please Note: This exhibition is at the off-site venue, The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., 801 K Street, NW. For directions to this off-site venue, call the Historical Society at 202-383-1850 or visit the Web site http://www.historydc.org/. The Historical Society hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 10 AM-5 PM.

This exhibition discusses the history of social relations from Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century through the prism of baseball. It features such personalities as Josh Gibson and "Buck" Leonard, star players of the Homestead Grays. The exhibition also highlights community teams that gave rise to the various amateur, collegiate, and semi-pro black baseball teams and leagues.

Accompanying the museum's exhibition is Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of the Negro Baseball Leagues, a traveling exhibition developed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. It provides a timeline on the history of black baseball through photographs and memorabilia. Both exhibitions are cosponsored with the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

1944 Homestead Grays
Art Carter Papers, Moorland-Spingarn
Research Center, Howard University

September 15, 2007 to November 9, 2008

East of the River: Continuity and Change is a documentation and exhibition project that looks at the community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River on the occasion of the Anacostia Community Museum’s 40th anniversary. The exhibit, which will occupy all three of the Museum’s galleries, insightfully explores the development of Washington communities east of the Anacostia River from a provocative yet universal perspective --- the struggle over land: who owns it, who controls it, who profits from it and how residents determine their own destiny. The timeline covers the region's Native American beginning through the present and into possible futures. Related lesson plans and activities.