Lonnie Bunch is founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Previously he served as president of the Chicago Historical Society, associate director for curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, education specialist with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and curator of history for the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. He has written several books, including Black Angelenos: The African American in Los Angeles, 1850-1950 and the exhibition catalog, The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden (2000).

Lecture topics:

• Interpreting African American History in American Museums
• Race, Aviation, and Social Change: The African American in Early Aviation
• Black America and the California Dream

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