The African American Museum in Galveston

Interview source CRBB 2016 Summer time 00:02:14 "African-American Museum in Galveston", Doug Matthews, quoted an oral history interview from Galveston, Texas on July 21, 2016, Black and Brown citizenship Interview with database https://crbus.tcu.edu/clips/5845/the-african-american-museum-in-galveston, October 20, 2018

The images displayed at the National Museum of History are used on the Bolivar Point lighthouse in Galveston, Texas. In 1915, a big storm happened and some people in Galveston went to the lighthouse to protect themselves from the storm. During the storm, mechanical parts that rotate the lens of the lighthouse were broken. To warn the ocean ship, the assistant manually turned a huge lens by an hour for an hour.

It took more than a century, but on September 24, 2016, the Smithsonian Institute established the long-awaited African-American Museum of History and Culture (NMAAHC). This is the first national museum dedicated to helping people understand American history through African American experience. NMAAHC of 400,000 square feet called "It is not just a museum" is also popular with locals and tourists. Visitor pass sold out in March, 2017. Many Federal and local governments, including the State Capital Planning Committee, the American Arts Council, the DC Historical Protection Council, utilities, transportation, law enforcement agencies, have helped Smithson realize NMAAHC.

Yesterday, at the opening of the African American Museum in Washington, DC, I was dedicated to the role of African Americans in building our country and culture. It was signed by law at the time by President George W. Bush of 13 years ago and received bipartisan support from Republicans John Lewis (D) and Forest Brown Baker (R). But the moment of teaching yesterday came in various places for me. I went to the football championship tournament outside the town with a 13-year-old son at 7 am, he bragged about how many sports writers seem to dislike Colin Kaepernick's notice for his cell phone I told myself that it was. He said, "I know what he wants to protest, but during his national anthem it seems wrong, should not he protest in a different way?"