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Black Culture — Everyday Life & Traditions

CTL-T-07 · Topic

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NMAAHC's Cultural Expressions exhibition 'highlights the central role of African American culture in everyday life, from food and fashion to music and language,' covering style and hair, foodways, craft, social dance and gesture, and oral traditions — the everyday-life-and-traditions scope this lane names. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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NMAAHC's Cultural Expressions exhibition 'highlights the central role of African American culture in everyday life, from food and fashion to music and language,' covering style and hair, foodways, craft, social dance and gesture, and oral traditions — the everyday-life-and-traditions scope this lane names. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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NMAAHC's Cultural Expressions exhibition 'highlights the central role of African American culture in everyday life, from food and fashion to music and language,' covering style and hair, foodways, craft, social dance and gesture, and oral traditions — the everyday-life-and-traditions scope this lane names. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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