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National Museum of African American History and Culture

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a Smithsonian Institution museum established in December 2003. The museum's building, designed by David Adjaye, is on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. It has close to 37,000 objects in its collection related to such subjects as community, family, the arts, religion, civil rights, slavery and segregation. Wikipedia*

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National Museum of African American History and Culture has hosted 16 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2006 News Conference. The year with the most events was 2011 with eight events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2016 with an average of 3,842 views per video. Most appearances with Joseph Mosnier (7), Lonnie G. Bunch III (4), William S. Pretzer (3). Most common tags: African American History, Civil Rights, Minorities.

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