Political correctness and there were others who, in fact, did not even know who Harriet Tubman of, and various pictures Harriet Tubman appeared on the whornet and they were women were in fact not harriet seven. Harriet summit has been a subject of childrens fiction. Who harrietple know tubman was. That is not the case with the american public. The irony was noted of having Harry Tuchman on the front of the 20 bill and Andrew Jackson on the back. As many of you know, Andrew Jackson was not only a slaveholder himself, but, he was oversaw indian removal and was renowned for being really an indian killer. In addition to that, many people pointed to the fact that here you have Harriet Tubman who was values, whosead worth was, for many people, defined by the amount of money that people paid for her. On, here she is being put perhaps the most popular symbol of american capitalism, the 20 bill. We have today some very historians who are talking with the placement of tubman on the 20 bill, and
You go to a Department Store and as a young person youre not afraid to ask questions of your parents. I would say, why is there a colored restroom, why is there a white restroom . Why do signs there for, and water fountains and white water fountains . I was told that that was the way his. I said, why . Arts we all people arent we all people . I did not go to school with any africanamerican or other ethnic groups. That has greatly changed. Much to my delight. I went to undergraduate school at clemson university. I went there for Architecture School and they were one of the first to admit an thecanamerican into african and Architecture School. It has been a wonderful experience for me personally to see the change that is happened. I first worked with the native american community, we did a Cultural Resource center for the smithsonian. Over 12 years, you learn a lot. You learn a lot about the culture that is different than yours. Hoping that will be the case when people come to this museu
Talk to youu about Financial Inclusion and moving Financial Education forward. Fetches a much. [applause] thank you so much. [applause] thank you again, mr. Secretary. This is been terrific. It is my pleasure to move us forward and to introduce Roger Ferguson junior. His illustrious career and a competence accomplishments speak for himself. Federal reserve system employee. He served on the president s economic recovery Advisory Board and council on jobs and repetitiveness. Competitiveness. Ceo of piab. Allows them to have unique authority on issues of wealth building and had to provide Financial Services. His contribution to our country and the private sector have been recognized many times. Hes recognized more time. [applause] one more time. [applause] thank you for that kind introduction and good morning, everyone. The sun is to be here. I commend the secretary and the department for hosting this forum. And for paying tribute to friedmans bank. All of you know that friedmans bank was
Collection. We are in the Storage Units of the museum. This is the heart of the museum. What is behind me and what we will see today are many of the objects that are going to be the soul of this museum. This is an opportunity to preview some of the material that the public will see when the museum opens its doors. One of the things that is crucially important as you will see is that so much of the museums time and resources are spent on caring for the collection. We have amazing experts who know how to preserve and make sure that this material will be with us for generations. We have opened the storage unit and we have come to this piece of headgear. This is a boxing headgear worn by mohammed ali. Startedow, mohammed ali his career as an boxer a boxer a boxer and then transforms himself into a leader culturally and politically. We know the story a physical meadow in rome gold medal in rome. And then he became a symbol of unrest in america when he began to claim both his blackness and h
Other. And recognize the common humanity that makes america what it is. [applause] that is a lot of weight to put on one institution. But michelle and i have taken michelles mom and our daughters to see it, we feel confident that it will not just meet expectations, but far exceed them. It would not have happened without all of you. You should be very proud. Congratulations. God bless you. [applause] [cheers] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] now, a press preview of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. We will hear remarks by founder, lonnie bunch of the smithsonian. This is about 25 minutes. [applause] good morning and welcome. What a crowd. We are delighted to have you here and i have good reason to believe that when you spend some time here, you will say that you have been delighted to be i