Carrie taylor coteach a class about the new africanamerican history museum. Their joined by Lonnie Bunch who shares his experiences as the Founding Director of the national museum of africanamerican history and culture. Good afternoon. Welcome to the how and why, the making of the international Africanamerican Museum. Im carey taylor, associate professor or this history at the citadel, and joseph is reillys coteacher for this semesters exciting course. We will introduce our special guest this weekend, but first i wanted to briefly explain the format. Mayor reilly and secretary Lonnie Bunch will engage in a Fireside Chat9style Conversation after which well open it up for questions. We can ask that you put your questions in the chat function, and and ill relay those to Secretary Bunch. So with that, ill turn it over to my colleagues, mayor joseph reilly. Thank you, Professor Taylor and Secretary Bunch. [inaudible] the secretary of [inaudible] the director of the national Africanamerican
And how do they affect our cultural memory and our future . This afternoon. We have an extraordinary group of three people who will engage in those questions and others. Lonnie bunch is the 14th secretary of the smithsonian the worlds largest Museum Education and research complex, and he used the Founding Director of the smithsonians national museum of africanamerican History And Culture which is attracted over four million visitors and has become a pilgrimage for so many of us. Can burns is one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers of our time his work crisscrosses american life from the Brooklyn Bridge to baseball to jazz to the civil civil war to country music. And Todays Moderator is amna nawaz, or as we think of her in our house and as i told her shes the thoughtful and informed soundtrack to our evening every single evening. Shes a senior national correspondent and primary substitute. Anchor for Pbss News Hour a foreign a former foreign correspondent who reporting also include
Worlds largest Museum Education and research complex, and he used the Founding Director of the smithsonians national museum of africanamerican History And Culture which is attracted over four million visitors and has become a pilgrimage for so many of us. Can burns is one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers of our time his work crisscrosses american life from the Brooklyn Bridge to baseball to jazz to the civil civil war to country music. And Todays Moderator is amna nawaz, or as we think of her in our house and as i told her shes the thoughtful and informed soundtrack to our evening every single evening. Shes a senior national correspondent and primary substitute. Anchor for Pbss News Hour a foreign a former foreign correspondent who reporting also includes education and politics sports and culture and now im going to turn it over to you amna. The thank you so much. Melody thank you so much for that. Very kind introduction. I have to say i think my kids would disagree they have a
Worlds largest Museum Education and research complex, and he used the Founding Director of the smithsonians national museum of africanamerican History And Culture which is attracted over four million visitors and has become a pilgrimage for so many of us. Can burns is one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers of our time his work crisscrosses american life from the Brooklyn Bridge to baseball to jazz to the civil civil war to country music. And Todays Moderator is amna nawaz, or as we think of her in our house and as i told her shes the thoughtful and informed soundtrack to our evening every single evening. Shes a senior national correspondent and primary substitute. Anchor for Pbss News Hour a foreign a former foreign correspondent who reporting also includes education and politics sports and culture and now im going to turn it over to you amna. The thank you so much. Melody thank you so much for that. Very kind introduction. I have to say i think my kids would disagree they have a