A couple of years ago, I visited the newly opened National Museum of the American Indian in downtown Washington, D.C. At the end, we sampled the variety of tastes among the different Indian nations at the museum’s spacious restaurant. Therefore, I have no doubt that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is unparalleled in its representation of the centuries-long, often stony road African Americans have trod in the United States. Perhaps the uneasy contradiction accurately sums up the extremes of African American life: world-class talent and blood on the sidewalk. I will definitely make a trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture the next time I am visiting my family.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 29, 2016 14:37 UTC