August 31, 2016 The Skanner Page 9
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By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA News Wire
Contributor
S
ponsorships and do-
nations have been
pouring into the
new Smithsonian’s
National Museum of Af-
rican American History
and Culture (NMAAHC),
which is set to open on
Sept. 24 on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C.
Most recently, the pop-
ular 1990s R&B group En
Vogue donated their per-
formance-worn dresses
to the museum.
“Our dresses from the
‘Never Gonna Get It/
My Lovin’ video and the
“
museum director Lonnie
G. Bunch III said Jordan’s
contribution will enable
museum “visitors to ex-
plore how sports were
used to break barriers
as a way to gain full par-
ticipation in American
society.”
The National Museum
of African American
History and Culture is
the only national muse-
um devoted exclusively
to the documentation of
African-American life,
history, and culture.
It was established by
an Act of Congress in
2003, following decades
of ef orts to promote
and highlight the con-
American history and
culture; and it serves
as a place of collabora-
tion that reaches beyond
Washington, D.C., to en-
gage new audiences and
to collaborate with the
myriad of museums and
educational institutions
that have explored and
preserved this important
history well before this
museum was created.
Earlier this year, The
Hartford, a popular i -
nancial services compa-
ny, announced its found-
ing sponsorship of the
museum.
The company made a
$1 million contribution
over i ve years to sup-
[Michael] Jordan’s contribution will enable
museum ‘visitors to explore how sports were
used to break barriers as a way to gain full
participation in American society.’
‘Giving Him Something
He Can Feel’ video will be
debuting in the Smithso-
nian African American
History museum on Sep-
tember 24,” group mem-
ber Terry Ellis said. “So,
we’re really super excit-
ed about that.”
NBA Icon Michael Jor-
dan also announced this
month that he was pro-
viding a $5 million git to
the museum along with
his game-worn 1996 NBA
Finals jersey.
The museum will re-
portedly place the fa-
mous jersey in a wing
called “Michael Jordan
Hall,” that will feature
stories of 17 historic ath-
letes.
In a news release, Jor-
dan noted athletes like
Jesse Owens whose “tal-
ent, commitment and
perseverance broke ra-
cial barriers and laid
the groundwork for the
successful careers of so
many African Ameri-
cans in athletics and be-
yond.”
Also, in a statement,
tributions of African
Americans, according to
the museum’s website.
To date, the museum
has collected more than
36,000 artifacts.
Nearly 100,000 individ-
uals have become char-
ter members of the muse-
um and, when it opens, it
will be the 19th and new-
est museum of the Smith-
sonian Institution.
Museum oi cials not-
ed the four pillars upon
which the NMAAHC
stands:
It provides an oppor-
tunity for those who are
interested in African
American culture to ex-
plore and revel in this
history through interac-
tive exhibitions; It helps
all Americans see how
their stories, their histo-
ries, and their cultures
are shaped and informed
by global inl uences; It
explores what it means
to be an American and
share how American val-
ues like resiliency, opti-
mism, and spirituality
are rel ected in African
port the design and con-
struction of the building.
“The Hartford has been
a part of American his-
tory for more than 200
years, growing, thriving
and changing along with
our nation,” said Susan
Johnson, head of diver-
sity and inclusion at The
Hartford.
“We are proud to be
a founding sponsor of
the National Museum of
African American His-
tory and Culture and
celebrate the important
contributions of African
Americans to the Ameri-
can Dream.”
On Feb. 22, 2012, the
Smithsonian
broke
ground on the NMAAHC
at a i ve-acre site on
Constitution
Avenue
between 14th and 15th
streets in Northwest
Washington, D.C.
The
400,000-square-
foot building has i ve
levels above ground and
four below.
It will have exhibition
galleries, an education
center, a theater, café and
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Pinnacle donors —
those who have con-
tributed $20 million or
more — include the Lilly
Endowment Inc., Robert
Frederick Smith, and the
Oprah Winfrey Charita-
ble Foundation.
Capstone donors —
those who have contrib-
uted at least $10 million
— include the Atlantic
Philanthropies, Bill &
Melinda Gates Founda-
tion, The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, The
Rhimes Family Founda-
tion and David M. Ruben-
stein.
Cornerstone donors –
those who have contrib-
uted at least $5 million
– include 3M, American
Express, The Boeing
Company, Ford Founda-
tion, GE, Robert L. John-
son, Kaiser Permanente,
The Rockefeller Foun-
dation, Target, Unit-
ed Health Group, and
Walmart.
Keystone Donors —
those who have contrib-
uted at least $2 million –
include 21st Century Fox
and News Corp, Bank of
America, The Walt Dis-
ney Company, W.K. Kel-
logg Foundation, Kovler
Foundation, Medtronic
Foundation, The Moore
Charitable Foundation/
Louis Moore Bacon,
Stavros Niarchos Foun-
dation, Northrop Grum-
man, Prudential, Smith-
sonian Channel, Earl W.
and Amanda Staf ord,
Patty Stonesifer and
Michael Kinsley, Time
Warner
Foundation,
Toyota, United Technol-
ogies Corporation, Wal-
ton Family Foundation,
Anthony and Beatrice
Welters and the Vincent
Wilkinson Foundation.
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