::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

It was a long journey for Lonnie Bunch, the visionary behind the African American Museum of History and Culture.  Daily people from all over the world experience the embodiment  of his dedication and passion when they visit the museum, the reward for hard work.  Today his hard work has paid off once again.  Just three years after opening the African American Museum in Washington, DC, during the 400th documented year of slavery in the U.S., history has come full circle.  The Smithsonian Regents have selected Bunch to head the Institution. The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents announced today it elected Lonnie G. Bunch III, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, as the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, effective June 16. Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in September 2016. He oversees the nation’s largest and most comp...