President Obama Attends Nat'l Museum Of African American History And Culture Groundbreaking Ceremony
U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) museum director Lonnie Bunch, co-chair of National Museum of African American History and Culture council Richard Parsons, council co-chair Linda Johnson Rice, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, Rev. Calvin Butts, and Washington Mayor Vincent Gray listen during the groundbreaking ceremony of the National Museum of African American History and Culture February 22, 2012 in Washington, DC. According to a Smithsonian news release, the 380,000-square-foot museum, located at the corner of 15th Street NW and Constitution Avenue and will be opened to the public in 2015, will house public spaces, including exhibition halls, an auditorium, a cafe; offices and an education center
