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A fool's errand : creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the age of Bush, Obama, and Trump

Title
A fool's errand : creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the age of Bush, Obama, and Trump / Lonnie G. Bunch III.
Author
Bunch, Lonnie G., III
Publication
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2019]

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Description
xi, 276 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"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"--
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes index.
Contents
Preface -- 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.
Call Number
Sc E 19-1636
ISBN
  • 9781588346681
  • 1588346684
  • 9781588346773 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2019001828
  • 40029483779
OCLC
1089275852
Author
Bunch, Lonnie G., III, author.
Title
A fool's errand : creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the age of Bush, Obama, and Trump / Lonnie G. Bunch III.
Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes index.
Other Standard Identifier
40029483779
Research Call Number
Sc E 19-1636
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