refinery29:It’s been over a hundred years in the making, but the new Smithsonian museum cele
refinery29: It’s been over a hundred years in the making, but the new Smithsonian museum celebrating Black history finally opened this weekend Way back in 1929, President Hoover approved a proposal for a National Memorial Building for African American achievements in arts and sciences — but Congress did not. Congress didn’t officially pass an act to erect a federally owned museum until 2003. Ground wasn’t broken until nine years later, with a little help from President Obama. READ MORE -- source link