National Museum of African History and Culture announces honorary chairs
The National Museum of African History and Culture has announced the honorary chairs of its Living History Campaign, a list of notable people to help drive the purpose of the campaign to build the museum’s funding, and support its programs and digital narratives.
The notable chairs according to The Washington Informer include former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura, former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, museum council chairman and ex-CEO of American Express Ken Chenault, Scandal television series writer Shonda Rhimes, and media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
“Launching this fundraising campaign now is really crucial,” Kevin Young, the Andrew W. Mellon director of the museum said about the campaign’s role in the operation of the facility. He continued, saying “this is especially important when the study and understanding of the African American experience are often under attack.”
”We need everyone’s help to ensure that history is told accurately as part of the American story. “This campaign will help us build our endowment to keep the museum going in perpetuity and will also provide support for our programming, exhibitions, collections, and digital capabilities, so that around the nation and the world, any time of day, people can have this history in their hands,” Young added.
She said, “It’s an honor to be a part of this campaign.”
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I love this museum because it reminds you of where you come from. She said that she thinks about all those who came before her and didn’t have the opportunities or choices that her generation was given. ”
I think I owe them a debt of gratitude. I feel that my life brings redemption to the lives of those who struggled to create and build for all of us.
The Smithsonian Campaign for Our Shared Future, headed by Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III and chaired by Tony Coles, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, and Brian Moynihan, also includes the Living History Campaign.
Museum officials say the campaign will end in 2024.
