NMAAHC

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  11/17/2020
  

  A Bold Anthology Shows How R-I-G-H-T and W-R-I-T-E Come Together in Black Poetry

  The incoming director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture has published an anthology of Black American poetry that speaks to the ways that the arts and poets in particular have articulated and spread the cause of liberation. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/30/2020
  

  Smithsonian Taps N.Y. Cultural Director To Lead African American Museum

  Since 2016, Kevin Young has been director of the Schomburg Center, a division of the New York Public Library and an important cultural organization in Harlem.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  09/23/2019
  

  Lonnie Bunch Sizes Up His Past and Future at the Smithsonian

  by Ryan P. Smith

  Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  3/26/19
  

  A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View at NMAAHC

  “I was stunned,” says director Lonnie Bunch; historic Emily Howland photo album contains dozens of other abolitionists and leaders who took an active role.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  10-10-17
  

  African-American History Museum to be Honored With Forever Stamp

  In honor of its first anniversary, the National Museum of African American History and Culture will be commemorated with a Forever Stamp by the U.S. Postal Service.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Times
  9-25-17
  

  Smithsonian gives Clarence Thomas a spot in year-old African American history museum

  Justice Thomas’ apparent omission irked conservative observers, who suspected an ideological bias among Smithsonian officials and called for the influential jurist’s inclusion in the museum.

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• SOURCE: American Family News Network
  7-17-17
  

  This is what anti-abortion activists are saying about the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

  "[It] has excluded notable figures such as Clarence Thomas, Mia Love, [and] also the title or anything referenced to eugenics, which has impacted African-Americans in this country more so than any other issue."

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-23-17
  

  Lonnie Bunch says the nooses found at the Smithsonian recently show why black people cannot get over the past

  by Lonnie G. Bunch

  "I see the nooses as evidence that … the struggle for the soul of America continues to this very day."

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• SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report
  5-31-17
  

  Noose Found at African American History Museum in D.C.

  A noose, a symbol of racial lynching, was found on Wednesday on the floor of an exhibit about segregation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution officials said.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  2-21-17
  

  Trump visits the National Museum of African American History and Culture

  First lady Melania Trump and Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, toured the museum last week.

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• SOURCE: Truth Revolt
  10-3-16
  

  Conservatives are complaining that the new Smithsonian museum on African-American history largely ignores Clarence Thomas

  A website connected to conservative David Horowitz is spreading the complaint.

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• SOURCE: Social Justice Journal
  9-24-16
  

  The National Museum of African American History and Culture: A Homecoming

  by Tony Platt

  The museum gets it that the Panthers should not be reduced to men in black jackets with guns.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9-23-16
  

  How a Museum Reckons With Black Pain

  by Vann R. Newkirk II

  The Smithsonian’s new memorial of African American history and culture is at once triumphant and crushing.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-23-16
  

  Henry Louis Gates Jr. says the new African American history museum proves Jefferson was wrong

  by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

  The museum helps resolve the protracted debate about the contributions of black people to American history and, indeed, about whether they had a history worth preserving at all.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-16-16
  

  Stunning pictures from inside the new National Museum of African American History and Culture

  Appropriately for a public museum at the heart of Washington’s cultural landscape, the museum’s creators did not want to build a space for a black audience alone, but for all Americans.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  9-18-16
  

  Washington DC’s monument to black history

  Decades after it was first dreamed of, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, completed by British architect David Adjaye, opens this week. While the building is striking, its collection is more remarkable.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  9-15-16
  

  Why the African American history museum belongs to all of us

  by Ken Burns

  It is more than a repository of a people’s history. It is an opportunity.

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• SOURCE: The Root
  9-15-16
  

  You May Choke Up at Some of the Items on Display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

  A preview of the more than 3,000 artifacts offers a glimpse of the raw, emotional power of the legacy the museum seeks to honor.

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• SOURCE: Google Blogspot
  9-14-16
  

  Google helped the Smithsonian’s new African American museum tell stories

  With 3D scanning, 360 video, multiple screens and other technologies, visitors can see artifacts like a powder horn or handmade dish from all angles by rotating them with a mobile device.

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• SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor
  8-25-16
  

  The man behind the Smithsonian’s new African-American history museum

  Even as a youth, Lonnie Bunch was captivated by history.