"He really embraced and really loved this idea of a dark presence on the Mall," Adjaye recalled. "In a way, the museum for him is about the way in which the African-American community is ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will be built on the National Mall near the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Institution said. Smithsonian officials said the five ...

Black history officially has a new, prominent place in America's story.With hugs, tears and the ringing of church bells, the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ...

The Whitney Museum ... National Mall itself once contained so-called slave pens, where individuals were held prior to auction.) But its triumphant silhouette also nods to African American ...

With a crack in her voice, Sheila Davis shared her experience at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. She had traveled from Harlem, New York, to join the ...

But in Washington, plans rarely go as planned, so the Mall has been a work in progress for more than 200 years. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the most recent ...

Smithsonian's 19th museum highlights African American History and Culture ... foot museum sits on America's front lawn, the National Mall, at the corner of Constitution Avenue and 14th Street ...

After nearly a century of discussion, debate and delay, a National Museum of African-American History and Culture is closer to reality and to a very prominent place on the National Mall in ...

In a speech filled with reminders of America’s dark and not-so-distant past, and hopes for a brighter future, President Obama helped to inaugurate the National Museum of African American ...

The new National Museum of African American History and Culture will help ... The $500 million museum will be located on the National Mall in the capital city and is scheduled to open in 2015 ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a place where all Americans ... There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. A limited number of ...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama opened the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall by ringing a bell from a historic ...