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    A deserving hug between and . It's been a long journey and we're all grateful to be here.

  2. . asks 's Lonnie Bunch about increasing diversity in audiences as they learn about racial history

    Diversifying audiences for racial history
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  3. Lonnie Bunch on : I am unbelievably optimistic coming out of a community who believed when they shouldn't have believed

  4. Bunch, talking about getting off the ground: "Being right, being smart, that wasn't enough, we had to be political."

  5. 70% of people polled said they wanted to go to "mainly because it was tied to the Smithsonian" says Lonnie Bunch

    The Advantages of the Smithsonian
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  6. African American museum the story of us all, what shaped our notions of freedom, of citizenship: director Lonnie Burch

  7. Lonnie Bunch at : There's a sense of people realizing that the attention gets has a ripple effect in their own community.

  8. We decided that this museum had to talk about today, not just yesterday says Lonnie Bunch

  9. . asks Director "how to get white people to the museum?" A: They trust the Smithsonian

  10. Bunch: not an "African American museum." It's a museum that uses a culture to explore what it means to be an American.

  11. Listening to and Lonnie Bunch discuss and the journey bringing it all to life

  12. The African American Story is the American story.

  13. Lonnie Bunch: All cultures are equally valid but if you really want to understand America is the lens to look through

  14. begins with interviewing Lonnie Bunch of the newly opened .

  15. The Act to establish is now on display at the :

  16. I'm having a REALLY Black book tour! I've spoken at the , MLK Library and the .

  17. . closes our first author program held at the museum.

  18. How cool is it that our author has an event the very first week at . Way to go !

  19. "If this book does really well, it becomes easier for someone else." What a 🔥 point! A win for me, is a win for you!

  20. Watched 's talk at the . This was historic to see her talk about her blog & now best selling author! Congrats!

  21. "When one black girls wins, it makes it easier for other black girls to win." -

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