The 100-Year Mission To Create
The National Museum Of African American History And Culture
By Robert L. Wilkins
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Mall’s Finite Space Holds Infinite Dreams
Is there any space left on the Mall? With the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian Sept. 21, the officials in charge of Washington’s main savanna have hoisted a “No Vacancy” sign. “The last big site…
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For African-Americans, a Chance to Draft History
IN their light-filled office in Charleston, S.C., Ray Huff and Mario Gooden, partners in a seven-year-old architecture firm, were discussing their planned expansion of the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Until now the firm has designed mostly…
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New Museum Sparks Battle Over Location
Supporters want African American collection on the National Mall. WASHINGTON — After a nearly 90-year struggle to establish a national African American museum in the heart of the nation’s capital, backers of the effort were jubilant when Congress, by…
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African American Museum Bill Clears Senate
The dream of a National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington was given a green light yesterday with the endorsement of the Senate. Last night the Senate passed a bill giving the proposal $17 million for…
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Long Road to Hard Truth
Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100-year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the new book by Robert L. Wilkins.
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