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Tag: Lonnie Bunch III

Scott Pelley (left) interviews Lonnie Bunch III. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inLifestyle

Smithsonian Secretary Brings Book Talk to Museum He Founded

by Eve M. Ferguson October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

Newly appointed Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III made the second stop of his book tour for the just-released “A Fool’s Errand,” which recounts the story of how he founded what has become the most popular museum in the Smithsonian complex, at the book’s setting, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

Lonnie Bunch III (left), secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. (NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience, Stacy M. Brown

From the Solomon Brown Suite, Lonnie Bunch Has Quite the View

by Stacy M. Brown October 2, 2019December 21, 2021
Lonnie Bunch (Courtesy of Smithsonian)
Posted inBooks, Lifestyle

African American Museum Founding Director to Launch Book Tour

by WI Guest Author August 20, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** Vintage copies of Jet magazine are displayed in the offices of Johnson Publishing Company on June 9, 2014, in Chicago. The final print edition of the magazine hits newsstands this month. First published in 1951 and billed as 'The Weekly Negro News Magazine', Jet recently has been published every three weeks with a circulation of 700,000. Johnson Publishing will continue to publish a weekly online edition of Jet. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Posted inBlack Experience

Jet, Ebony Archives Headed to Smithsonian, Cultural Institutions

by WI Guest Author July 29, 2019December 21, 2021
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Black History Museum Celebrates Second Anniversary

by WI Guest Author September 24, 2018October 31, 2020
Kevin Gover (right), director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and Lonnie Bunch III, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, hold court during a March 3 symposium on racialized mascots and memorials. (Courtesy of Smithsonian)
Posted inBlack Experience, Lifestyle

Museums Talk Racist Mascots, Memorials at Symposium

by Lauren M. Poteat March 6, 2018October 31, 2020
Run-DMC
Posted inLifestyle

Smithsonian Launches Campaign to Produce Hip-Hop Anthology

by WI Guest Author October 17, 2017October 31, 2020
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks during the Association of African American Museums Conference's luncheon at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. on Aug. 2. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLifestyle

African-American Museum Hosts Annual Conference

by Eve M. Ferguson August 16, 2017October 31, 2020
Media Mogul Cathy Hughes, founder and Chairperson of Radio One, Inc. delivers remarks after receiving an award for being an Icon honoree during the Icon Talks Empowerment Tour on Thursday, June 30 at the Arena Stage Mead Center for American Theater in Southwest. /Photo by Patricia Little
Posted inJames Clingman, Op-Ed, Opinion

CLINGMAN: Urban One Deserves Due as History Maker

by WI Guest Author August 16, 2017October 31, 2020
Barack Obama
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Efforts to Erase Obama’s Legacy Fueled by America’s Lingering Disease — Racism

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor March 29, 2017October 30, 2020

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