Over the weekend a new Smithsonian museum opened that highlights the enormous influence African American culture has had on the U.S. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a huge amount of information to digest, pulling on multiple emotions and memories of all who may attend. The NYTimes has a great review of the process to establish the museum, details surrounding its contents, and what realizations we as a country are forced to accept and celebrate.
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Additional articles around the new national museum can be found here, Quartz and Essence