Lonnie G. Bunch III

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author educator historian human museum administrator

Lonnie G. Bunch III is an American historian and museum administrator who became the first African American to lead the Smithsonian Institution as its secretary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
educator ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
museum administrator ⓘ
appointedAsSecretaryOfSmithsonian 2019 ⓘ
areaOfInfluence United States cultural institutions ⓘ
awardReceived NAACP Image Award ⓘ
National Humanities Medal ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award of the American Historical Association ⓘ
birthDate 1952-11-18 ⓘ
birthPlace Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
boardMemberOf American Alliance of Museums ⓘ
National Council on the Humanities ⓘ
surface form: National Humanities Council
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt American University ⓘ
Howard University ⓘ
employer Chicago History Museum ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Historical Society

George Washington University ⓘ
National Museum of African American History and Culture ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
University of Maryland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Bunch ⓘ
fieldOfWork African American history ⓘ
museum studies ⓘ
public history ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Lonnie ⓘ
hasNationality American ⓘ
knownFor leadership in diversifying museum narratives ⓘ
public engagement with African American history ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Lonnie G. Bunch III self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement oversaw the creation and opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ⓘ
notableFor being the first African American secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
notableWork A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump ⓘ
Call the Lost Dream Back: Essays on History, Race, and Museums ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
museum director ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Chicago Historical Society ⓘ
Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ⓘ
Secretary of the Smithsonian ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Secretary of the Smithsonian → isPositionHeldBy → Lonnie G. Bunch III ⓘ
Lonnie G. Bunch III → name → Lonnie G. Bunch III self-link ⓘ