Lonnie Bunch
Lonnie Bunch
Lonnie G. Bunch IIIis an American educator and historian. He has spent much of his career as a leading history museum curator and administrator. He is the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Bunch previously served as director of the Chicago History Museumfrom 2000 to 2005...
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The North was not heaven, but it was free of the most obvious violence stemming from racism. Blacks were allowed to vote and this gave them opportunities to build black banks and business communities and this contributed to opportunities for education.
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This is how to understand America. So having the Museum of African American History and Culture on the mall, surrounded by the other museums, will make African-American culture central to all Americans.
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I can still remember the first time I was ever in Jet or Ebony, and suddenly all my mother's sisters said, 'I guess you are doing OK.' It didn't matter that I was in the New York Times or other papers.