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The movement and habitat of the African manatee has been threatened by the building of agricultural and hydroelectric dams along rivers that isolate populations, such as the Akosombo Dam in Ghana. The Diama Dam has permanently isolated the Senegal River manatee population from the coast, as has the Felou Dam in Mali.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum: St. Petersburg: Florida: 2006 [57] DuSable Museum of African American History: Chicago: Illinois: 1960 [20] Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum: Pocahontas: Arkansas: 2001 [58] Ely Educational Museum: Pompano Beach: Florida: 2000 [59] Evansville African American Museum Evansville: Indiana ...
This list of African American Historic Places in Florida is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
Articles related to the Manatees (genus Trichechus), large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals, sometimes known as sea cows.There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (Trichechus ...
The Acton Plan for the African manatee, the least intensively studied of the Sirenians, aims to improve legislation for manatee protection, improve applied research, reduce pressures and promote a wide appreciation of the animal and their ecological and cultural value through communication and education.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), colloquially known as the Blacksonian, is a Smithsonian Institution museum located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the United States. [4] It was established in 2003 and opened its permanent home in 2016 with a ceremony led by President Barack Obama.
The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) in Jackson, and the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) jointly commissioned the art for the exhibition in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Artists in the exhibition were asked "to research and reflect on their personal histories and migration narratives through the lens of their contemporary practices."
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum: St. Petersburg: Pinellas Central West Ethnic-African American African American history and culture Dudley Farm Historic State Park: Newberry: Alachua North Central Farm Working farm showing agricultural development in Florida from the 1850s through the mid-1940s Duncan Gallery of Art ...