Lonnie G. Bunch III

Lonnie G. Bunch III is the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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  1. Why Is America Afraid of Black History?

    No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.

    Lonnie G. Bunch III
    detail of illustration with photo portrait of 19th-century Black woman inside ornate gilt and wood frame with part of a marriage certificate as her dress
    Photo-illustration by Khaleelah I. L. Harris. Sources: The Freedmen’s Bureau Archives; Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Collection / Florida State Archives; University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits.