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Join us for a conversation with U.S. Senator Jack Reed & Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) on Monday, May 4th
from 10:30 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. For nearly a decade, Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III has been working to help conceive, build, and launch the Smithsonian’s NMAAHC, the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history, and culture. A leading scholar in American and African American history and the founding director of NMAAHC, Dr. Bunch will discuss the history and challenges of building a national museum, including building on the National Mall, conceptual frameworks, public expectations, and the contextual terrain
of race, as well as provide an update of the current status and future projections for the museum. The museum opens on the National Mall in Washington, DC in 2016. The event will be held at the Brown RISD Hillel Social Hall,
located at 80 Brown Street, Providence, RI 02906. Please RSVP here: goo.gl/forms/mBHbpVznQf
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