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Ground broken on African-American museum in D.C.

By Jacqueline Trescott

 |  Washington Post  

  February 23, 2012

Though the tent was crowded with living history - President Obama, Representative John Lewis of Georgia, Colin Powell, Steve Case, Al Sharpton, and Laura Bush - the speakers at the groundbreaking of the African-American museum emphasized the future. And not just the impact of having the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall. Not only the building. But also the learning legacy it will give the children of the future.

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