Bibliograph

Long road to hard truth, the 100 year mission to create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert L. Wilkins

Type

Label

Long road to hard truth, the 100 year mission to create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert L. Wilkins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Long road to hard truth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

957747263

Responsibility statement

Robert L. Wilkins

Sub title

the 100 year mission to create the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Summary

In Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100 Year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert L. Wilkins tells the story of how his curiosity about why there wasn't a national museum dedicated to African American history and culture became an obsession-eventually leading him to quit his job as an attorney when his wife was seven months pregnant with their second child, and make it his mission to help the museum become a reality.

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Why this book? -- The grand omission -- The quest for honor inspires a plan -- From memorial to museum -- Death and indifference -- A proposal without a patron -- Enter John Lewis- and the Smithsonian -- An office in the basement -- The improbable, unstoppable coalition -- A great commission -- Location, location, location -- Epilogue: Over the finish line

Target audience

adult

Classification