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Smithsonian Institution Press Releases

May 5, 2008 Rep. Doris Matsui Appointed to Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Council

April 23, 2008 Boeing Donates $5 Million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

March 4, 2008 "Let Your Motto Be Resistance" on view in New Orleans, March 15, 2008 – June 1, 2008.

January 17, 2008 National Museum of African American History and Culture Launches National Collections and Preservation Initiative in Chicago

August 23, 2007 "Let Your Motto Be Resistance" Opens Oct. 19 at the National Portrait Gallery

April 5, 2007 National Zoo and National Museum of African American History and Culture Join Forces to Document Century-Old Easter Monday Tradition in Washington

March 30, 2007 "Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits" to be unveiled May 11 Inaugural Exhibition of Smithsonian's New African American Museum opens in New York

February 2, 2007 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, StoryCorps, and the Smithsonian launch historic initiative to preserve the stories of African Americans

January 30, 2007 Site Announced for Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

June 1, 2006 National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates the Music of New Orleans

September 28, 2005 Kinshasha Holman Conwill Named Deputy Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

June 28, 2005 Smithsonian Acknowledges $1 Million Gift for the National Museum of African American History and Culture

January 17, 2003 National Museum of African American History and Culture Act

Biography Lonnie G. Bunch, III, Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Biography Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Deputy Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Did you know?

In 1900, James Weldon Johnson and his brother, John Rosamond Johnson composed the song, Lift Every Voice and Sing.