Taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. Were joined inside with Robert Wilkins to talk about how this museum came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth. Thanks very much for being with us. Thank you. Its a pleasure to be here. So talk of this museum began back in 1916. It took a century to be built. Walk us through the process. Back in early 1916, in march or so, gentleman named ferdinand de soto lee, created a nonprofit called the National Memorial association, and its goal was to construct a physical memorial here in the Nations Capital to honor the contributions of negro soldiers and sailors who had fought in every war from the revolutionary war on up until that time. Within a couple years the organization broadened its mission to want to construct what they called a National Memorial building to negro achievement and contributions to america in all fields of endeavor from business to education to the arts, et cetera. Essentially a National Muse
Culture. We look at exhibits and artifacts chronicling the africanamerican story from slavery through the inauguration of the first africanamerican president. And we talk to Museum Specialists. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. You are looking at the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture on the mall in washington, d. C. It is the newest Smithsonian Museum opening back in september. And this week it welcomed its 1 millionth visitor through these doors. Tonight we will take you through the doors of this museum that for artifacts that chronicled the africanamerican experience and also telling a shared american story. Well be live for the next 2. 5 hours. In about 40 minutes well be taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. Were joined inside with Robert Wilkins to talk about how this museum came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth. 100 year mission to create the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture. Thanks
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A military facility but those are the headlines on aljazeera do stay with us counting the cost is coming up next. Witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on aljazeera. Has im sick of this is counting the cost of their disease or your weekly look at the world of business and finance this week. To economics u. S. President donald trump puts forward his plan to cut taxes for americas wealthy and big business. Taxes one of the reasons getting catalonia against spain northeast region wants to go it alone will look at the economics. Class carmageddon whats behind the collapse of australias Auto Industry. So billionaire us president dont trump wants to reform the u. S. Tax system but his plan looks more like tax cuts for americas wealthiest and some of the worlds biggest corporations although its yet to be fleshed out it is based on the idea that the cuts will pay for themselves with the Economic Growth they generate in the years to come yet in the history of us tax cuts that h