[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] each week, american history tv s american artifacts visits historic places. the national museum of african-american history and culture open in september of 2017. the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nation s capital, with capacity crowds almost every day. up next, the second of a two-part look at the museum s history galleries. we tour the era of segregation: 1877-1968, and hear the story of african-americans after the civil war. at the end of the civil war, african americans who were released from their bondage immediately thought about creating their own lives with their own resources. one of the first things many of them tried to do was reconnect with family members who had been separated during the era of slavery. they traveled the country looking for
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taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. we re 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. it s 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 nation s 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. essent
culture. we look at exhibits and artifacts chronicling the african-american story from slavery through the inauguration of the first african-american president. and we talk to museum specialists. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. you are looking at the national museum of african-american 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 african-american experience and also telling a shared american story. we ll be live for the next 2.5 hours. in about 40 minutes we ll be taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. we re 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 african-american histor