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refinery29:
It’s been over a hundred years in the making, but the new Smithsonian museum celebrating Black history finally opened this weekend
Way back in 1929, President Hoover approved a proposal for a National Memorial Building for African American achievements in arts and sciences — but Congress did not. Congress didn’t officially pass an act to erect a federally owned museum until 2003. Ground wasn’t broken until nine years later, with a little help from President Obama.
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refinery29:
It’s been over a hundred years in the making, but the new Smithsonian museum celebrating Black history finally opened this weekend
Way back in 1929, President Hoover approved a proposal for a National Memorial Building for African American achievements in arts and sciences — but Congress did not. Congress didn’t officially pass an act to erect a federally owned museum until 2003. Ground wasn’t broken until nine years later, with a little help from President Obama.
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