Videos

The International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina is slated to open its doors in the summer of 2022. American History TV sat in on a course at the The Citadel, which lo…

The National Museum of American History hosted a discussion on maintaining the historical legacy of Emmett Till. This program features Reverend Wheeler Parker, who is Till’s cousin, U.S. his…

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) held a news conference on a genetic damage study in Black Americans resulting from historical racism. She is the lead sponsor for legislation that wo…

The Library of Congress hosted an online conversation between Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch about how cultural institutions can come to the countr…

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch talked about Juneteenth and how African American history has shaped the nation. Secretary Bunch is also the founding director of the National Museum of Afr…

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch, author of A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture During the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trum…

Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discussed leadership and public history with Jason Grumet of the Bipartisan Policy…

Panelists talked about historic preservation and the challenges of interpreting slavery and emancipation. “History, Preservation, and Public Reckoning in Museums” was a session of “The Fu…

American History TV presented live coverage of the grand opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Speakers included President Obama and the muse…

Prior to the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, founding director Lonnie Bunch and Smithsonian Institution Secretary David Skorton welcomed t…

President Obama addressed guests from the Grand Foyer of the White House during a reception for the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture would be opened by the Smithsonian on the National Mall in 2015. Lonnie Bunch, the founding director, talked about the mission and…

At a groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture speakers included President Obama, the museum’s director, the secretary of the Smithsonian In…

Lonnie Bunch and Paul Gardullo talked about the Smithsonian’s participation in a global consortium called the Slave Wrecks Project. They spoke about the discovery of a slave ship that wrecke…

Director Lonnie Bunch gives a “hard hat” tour of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. This is an early look at the still unfinished museum, which Pres…

Director Lonnie Bunch talked about the origins of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the biggest obstacles to getting it built on the National Mall, and…

Historians and activists reflected on the historical arc of the civil rights movement. This discussion was part of a three-day conference called “The Future of the African American Past.…

Lonnie Bunch, Jonathan Bush, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) were interviewed at the seventh annual Washington Ideas Forum. The Washington Ideas Forum brings together political leaders, a…

The Smithsonian Institution hosted a ceremony to mark the one-year countdown to the November 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The event included s…

Lonnie Bunch was interviewed about the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He talked about planned exhibits and educational public spaces, plans to build the museum on t…