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Martha Wash sings her classic "It's Raining Men" at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 20.

Soul singer Martha Wash's songs have become classics played on repeat at parties and clubs around the world — so much s...

There's a new museum going up in Washington, D.C., and although its doors won't open until 2015, every few months here on weekends on All Things Considered, we get an early peek at the collection that's taking shape.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture will stand just a few hundred feet from the Washington...