This morning i got a call from a reporter who wanted to know, why would the museum at a time when it was focused on opening the building, why would they even helped organize such a conference . The simple answer is that we are crazy, but at the smithsonian and at this busy him, scholarship is the engine and research is the lifeblood of the institution. Without the decades of research and academic scholarship, there would be no museum of African American history and culture. We know that we are tied to so much of the work that many of you do. So much of the work of the museum has been shaped by the work of many participating in this conference. Amazing rate of scholarship, the museum has been able to position itself as an institution that will help all whom visit to find it rich and theced vision of africanamerican community. Thanks to your work, this will recenter the africanamerican a lensnce and use it as to understand what it means to be africanamerican. So many themes. It was impos
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