Morse, Paul Small, Lawrence M Norton, Eleanor Holmes Brown, Claudine K Wright, Robert Amoore, Renee Bailey, Vicky McLemore, Andrew Lomax, Michael Franco, Barbara Wilkins, Robert Tyson, Cicely Bennett, Lerone Sexton, Eric Ballard, Currie National Museum of African American History and Culture United States President Presidential Commission on the Development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Historic Images of the SmithsonianThis image was created by the White House and a copy can be found on the National Museum of African American History and Culture's website: http://nmaahc.si.edu/section/about_us/view/66.President George W. Bush signs H.R. 3491, the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, in the Oval Office Tuesday, December 16, 2003. The act authorizes the creation of a Smithsonian Institution museum dedicated to the legacy of African Americans in America. White House photo by Paul Morse. The attendees are members of the Presidential Commission on the Development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. From left, they are: Dr. Robert Wright, commission Chairman; Renee Amoore; Vicky Bailey; Andrew McLemore, Jr.; Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.; Senator Rick Santorum, R-Penn.; Michael Lomax; Congressman John Lewis, D-Ga.; Harold Skramstad, Jr.; Barbara Franco; Robert Wilkins; Senator Sam Brownback, R-Kan.; Cicely Tyson; Lerone Bennett, Jr.; Congressman John Larson, D-Conn.; Eric Sexton; Claudine Brown; Larry Small, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and Currie Ballard.Courtesy of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (website image)Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

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