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050 0 0 _aE185.53. W3
_bN383 2019
100 1 _aBunch, Lonnie G.
245 1 2 _aA fool's errand :
_bcreating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the age of Bush, Obama, and Trump /
_cLonnie G. Bunch III.
264 1 _aWashington, DC :
_bSmithsonian Books,
_c[2019]
300 _axi, 276 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier.
505 0 _aPreface -- What happens to a dream deferred? -- You end as you begin -- Now that you have it, what you gonna do with it? -- Designing a dream -- Finding the stuff of history -- Realizing a dream takes money -- Befriending presidents and managing Congress: a long way from New Jersey -- Exhibiting American history through an African American lens: making a way out of no way -- All in the family: building a community of caring colleagues -- Filling the hole: the challenge of building on the National Mall -- Welcoming America home: The opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture -- A first year of surprise and wonder: helping America to remember -- Epilogue.
520 _a"Founding Director Lonnie Bunch's inside story of how the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture was created. By turns inspiring, funny, frustrating, quixotic, and bittersweet, this is his deeply personal tale of the challenges and rewards of bringing a nationally acclaimed new institution to life"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes index.
610 2 0 _aNational Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xMuseums
_zWashington (D.C.)
_xPlanning.
650 0 _aMuseums
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMuseums
_zWashington (D.C.)
_xPlanning.
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