20 U.S.C. § 80r — Findings

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Congress found that African Americans have been central to America's history of democracy and freedom. No Smithsonian museum is devoted nationally to African American life, art, history, and culture. Such a museum would cover periods from slavery through the civil rights movement. Congress found this National Museum of African American History and Culture was needed.

(1) Congress found that since the country's founding, the United States has grown into a symbol of democracy and freedom around the world, and that African Americans' legacy is rooted in the very fabric of that democracy and freedom. (2) Congress found that no national museum within the Smithsonian Institution (A) is devoted to documenting African American life, art, history, and culture, and (B) covers, nationally, (i) the period of slavery, (ii) the era of Reconstruction, (iii) the Harlem Renaissance, (iv) the civil rights movement, and (v) other periods tied to African American life, art, history, and culture. (3) Congress found that a National Museum of African American History and Culture would be dedicated to collecting, preserving, researching, and exhibiting African American historical and cultural material, reflecting the full breadth and depth of African-descended people's experiences in the United States.

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Congress finds that—

(1)

since its founding, the United States has grown into a symbol of democracy and freedom around the world, and the legacy of African Americans is rooted in the very fabric of the democracy and freedom of the United States;

(2)

there exists no national museum within the Smithsonian Institution that—

(A)

is devoted to the documentation of African American life, art, history, and culture; and

(B)

encompasses, on a national level—

(i)

the period of slavery;

(ii)

the era of Reconstruction;

(iii)

the Harlem renaissance;

(iv)

the civil rights movement; and

(v)

other periods associated with African American life, art, history, and culture; and

(3)

a National Museum of African American History and Culture would be dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, and exhibition of African American historical and cultural material reflecting the breadth and depth of the experiences of individuals of African descent living in the United States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 108–184, § 2, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2676.)

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2003Enacted · Pub. L. 108-184 · 117 Stat. 2676

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