The Overlooked Black Architect Who Shaped a Landmark Smithsonian Museum

The Overlooked Black Architect Who Shaped a Landmark Smithsonian Museum

On the concourse level of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is a small exhibition, easily missed if you are focused on the elevator that takes you down to begin this site’s profound historical journey. Titled A Century in the Making, the display details the long development of a building that at last made a permanent home for Black history on the National Mall in Washington, DC. One panel, head…