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The Smithsonian Museum previews collections destined for the Museum of African-American History and Culture, which is slated to open in 2016. Sharon Reich reports.
Washington (USA), May 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Shawn Thew) The Smithsonian Institute in Washington, owner of the largest museum complex in the world and one of the main attractions to visit the US capital, reopened several of its centers Friday, as a symbol of the return to normality in the United States.Keywords: efe, international, epa, usa, washington, reopening, museums
In his weekly address U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes the opening of the National Museum of African American History as an opportunity to educate Americans about the country's complex racial history. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
King George, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- A group of headstones of African Americans who once marked graves at Columbian Harmony Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery in Washington D.C., are waiting to be returned to Maryland from the state of Virginia. When an entrepreneur purchased the Columbian Harmony property in 1960, most of the 37,000 buried remains were moved to Maryland. But many of the tombstones were sold to a farmer in rural Virginia, who used them as a breakwater to control erosion in the Potomac River. In 2016, Virginia State Senator Richard Stuart discovered the tombstones while walking through his newly purchased riverfront property. Stuart worked with the governor's office and local historians to link them to the Washington Cemetery D.C., and move them to the memorial garden in Maryland.(Camera: JIM LOSCALZO) SHOT LIST: THE TOMBSTONES BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED TO MARYLAND.
Oprah Winfrey and former President Barack Obama sat down on Wednesday to talk about his upcoming memoir, "A Promised Land." The interview will be made available for free and debut on Tuesday, Nov. 17 on Apple TV+. According to CNN, the book will be released the same day. Winfrey said in a statement; "This book was worth the wait". "There's no feeling like finishing a book, and I'm proud of this one," Obama wrote in a September tweet. The nearly 800-page book, published by Crown, will be issued in 25 languages.
At least 30 people were arrested in lower Manhattan during protests as states are still tallying election results. Some protesters had set fires and clashed with police, Business Insider reported. Protests have erupted across the country to demand a fair count of votes as several states await tallies. These tallies will determine who will win the 2020 presidential election. The protests started following President Donald Trump's re-election campaign said they would file lawsuits. The lawsuits would be to stop vote counts in several states where votes are underway.
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