25 at 250: Costumes from ‘The Wiz’ and the car that changed America

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25 at 250: Costumes from ‘The Wiz’ and the car that changed America

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“The Wiz” premiered on Broadway a little more than 50 years ago, reimagining a classic American story, “The Wizard of Oz,” as an all-Black production filled with gospel, funk and soul music. Dwandalyn Reece from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, shares the story of one of the show’s iconic costumes, worn by André De Shields, who played “The Wiz” himself.

And, the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 1900s. Kathleen Franz from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History explains how the car not only changed transportation, but nearly all facets of American life.

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