How do you tell the story of black America in one museum?
In November, I’ll be making my ninth visit to the United States. The main reason will be for Vee and me to celebrate Thanksgiving with special American friends Mike and Laura. Thanksgiving is an event we have seen in so many American movies and television programmes but it is something we have never witnessed, so it is on my ‘bucket list’.
As it happens, it will be a fascinating time politically to visit the USA because, 16 days before, Americans will have voted for a new president and the era of Barack Obama will be coming to an end. We might have the nation’s first woman president or – perish the thought – we might have Trump in power.
Our friends live outside Washington DC and Vee and I love visiting the capital’s wonderful museums. Two months before our trip, a new museum will open on theWashington Mall: the National Museum of African American History and Culture. We are really looking forward to experiencing this museum.
But, as the “New York Times” has explained in this article, curating the exhibits for this museum has been a very difficult task.