Mary welcome to the slavery and freedom exhibition. My name is mary elliott and i am a Museum Specialist and cocurator of the slavery and freedom exhibition, which is one of three exhibitions in the history gallery. We have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way to today. Some of the themes we cover include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. We look at the harsh realities of slavery and freedom, the resistance and survival of a people. We look at africans and African Americans shaped the world as well as a nation. We look at how they shaped the the landscape and were shaped by the landscape. That means socially, politically, economically, geographically, as well as culturally and intellectually. What is important for people to understand is we look at these stories that are american stories. They are human stories. They are told through the africanamerican lens. Equally important to understa
We have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way to today. Some of the themes we cover include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. We look at the harsh realities of slavery and freedom, the resistance and survival of a people. We look at africans and African Americans shaped the world as well as a nation. We look at how they shaped the landscape. That means socially, politically, economically, geographically, as well as culturally and intellectually. What is important for people to understand is we look at these stories as human stories. They are told through the africanamerican lens. This is a shared history and you will see yourself throughout this exhibition. Lets start looking at one of the opening labels for the slavery and freedom exhibition. Behind me is a label that is to the making of the Atlantic World. We feature a story of someone who was the leader of the west african coast. She st
You are looking at the National Museum of African American history and culture on the mall in washington dc. It is the newest smithsonian museum. It welcomed its one millionth visitor this week. We will take you inside the Museum Gallery for a look at the stories at artifacts that chronicle the africanamerican experience and tell a shared american story. We will be live for the next 2. 5 hours. We will be taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts. We are joined with judge Robert Wilkins to talk about how this museum came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth, the 100 year mission to create the National Museum of African American history and culture. Talk of this museum began back in 1916. It took a century to be built. Walk us through the process. Judge wilkins in early 1916, a gentleman named ferdinand de soto lee created a nonprofit called the National Memorial association. Its goal was to construct a physical memorial here in the Nations Capital to honor the co
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Chuck berrys cadillac honoring Ground Breaking figures in sports and music. Plus our guests include several history makers. General colin powell, congressman john lewis and attorney general Loretta Lynch will help us explore this museums role in telling americas story. Well also have all of the other news of the day including the latest on Hillary Clintons health but we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Theres phony strengths and real strengths. Real strengths is leveling with the American People. A health scare shakes up Clintons Campaign. The campaign knew on friday that she did have this pneumonia diagnosis. Its clear that she tried to hide this and this is going to hurt her certainly in the shortterm. Trump campaign is expected to hammer Hillary Clinton today on her controversial comments calling half of Donald Trumps supporters basket of definition of bigoted so it gives trump a talking point to go back to again and again. Ceasefire is