Black Star Power... a celebration of black excellence thread on-going
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“Gentrify your own hood before these people do it / Claim eminent domain and have your people move in / That’s a small glimpse into what Nipsey was doing. I told Neighborhood Nipsey stay close / There’s $100 million on your schedule, lay low / Tell your team to be on point in the places that they go / I never dreamed he’d get killed in the place that he calls home.”
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Denzel Washington as Ned Stark
Angela Bassett as Catelyn Stark
Lakeith Stanfield as Robb Stark
Yara Shahidi as Sansa Stark
Amandla Stenberg as Arya Stark
Jaden Smith as Bran Stark
Chadwick Boseman as Jon Snow
Tessa Thompson as Daenerys Targaryen
Winston Duke as Khal Drogo
Mahershala Ali as Ser Jorah Mormont
Jeffrey Wright as Lord Varys
Giancarlo Esposito as Littlefinger
Keith David as Tywin Lannister
Kerry Washington as Cersei Lannister
Idris Elba as Jaime Lannister
Danai Gurira as Brienne of Tarth
Cicely Tyson as Olenna Tyrell
Michael Kenneth Williams as Ser Bronn of the Blackwater
That cast looks epic never even watched GOT either it would cost a fortune to get them all.
Denzel Washington as Ned Stark
Angela Bassett as Catelyn Stark
Lakeith Stanfield as Robb Stark
Yara Shahidi as Sansa Stark
Amandla Stenberg as Arya Stark
Jaden Smith as Bran Stark
Chadwick Boseman as Jon Snow
Tessa Thompson as Daenerys Targaryen
Winston Duke as Khal Drogo
Mahershala Ali as Ser Jorah Mormont
Jeffrey Wright as Lord Varys
Giancarlo Esposito as Littlefinger
Keith David as Tywin Lannister
Kerry Washington as Cersei Lannister
Idris Elba as Jaime Lannister
Danai Gurira as Brienne of Tarth
Cicely Tyson as Olenna Tyrell
Michael Kenneth Williams as Ser Bronn of the Blackwater
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I wish a black writer could create a NEW WORLD for all these actors to play in...
Hell i even got a few.
The Smithsonian’s Next Secretary Will Be Lonnie Bunch, The Head Of The African American History Museum
Mikaela Lefrak
Rachel Sadon
National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch has been named the Smithsonian’s 14th secretary.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo
The Smithsonian Institution has a new man at its helm: Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, was appointed the Smithsonian’s new Secretary on Tuesday. He is the fourteenth person to hold the position in the Smithsonian’s 173-year history, and the first African American.
As Secretary, Bunch will manage the administration of the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 21 libraries, and the National Zoo. He is also responsible for its $1.5 billion annual budget.
Bunch will succeed David J. Skorton, a board-certified cardiologist who announced his resignation in December. In July, Skorton will return to the healthcare world as president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C.
One of Skorton’s major accomplishments as Secretary was overseeing the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) on the National Mall in 2016. Now, the man who led that museum’s development has been tapped to fill Skorton’s shoes.
“Lonnie has spent 29 years of his life dedicated to the Smithsonian, so he knows the institution inside and out,” said David Rubenstein, the chair of the Smithsonian Board of Regents on Tuesday. The Board met at the Supreme Court earlier in the day unanimously elected Bunch as Secretary.
“He’s also highly regarded by members of Congress and highly respected by our donor base,” Rubenstein added, while also citing Bunch’s “incredible character” and his leadership of the NMAAHC as major assets.
“You’re going to make a historian cry,” Bunch said when he took the microphone at Tuesday’s press conference. “This is an emotional moment, because the Smithsonian means so much to me personally and professionally.”
Bunch talked about how he met his wife, Maria, at the Smithsonian, and how his daughter attended Smithsonian’s children’s programs.
Bunch stewarded the NMAAHC from its conception, starting in 2005. He shepherded both the David Adjaye-designed structure and helped build the entire collection from scratch. The museum has been such a success that tickets are still largely required more than two years after opening, with visitors staying for hours longer than at other facilities. In its first year of operation, it welcomed nearly 2.4 million visitors and was the fourth-most visited Smithsonian institution.
“It tells the unvarnished truth,” Bunch told DCist on the one-year anniversary of the museum’s opening. “I think there are people who were stunned that a federal institution could tell the story with complexity, with truth, with tragedy, and sometimes resilience.”
At the time, he described what he hoped his legacy would be:
I think the museum itself; that’s my legacy. I think that what you want is you really want three things to happen. You want to leave behind a staff who is engaged and who recognizes that there is always going to be a challenge of exploring American history and culture through this lens. That’s always got to be there. You also want to leave a legacy of having people be changed by the museum. You want that sense of a group of people who leave the museum saying ‘I’m going to make America better.’ And then the last thing you want to leave behind is a sense of optimism that despite the struggles in front of you, look at the struggles behind you. And they’re not easy, they’re not without loss or sacrifice, and they’re not always complete, but this is a different world in part because of the struggles around questions of race.
Over his tenure, he made it a point to continue building a collection for the museum’s future, including acquiring artifacts from the Black Lives Matter movement, and to integrate D.C.’s own rich history into the fabric of the museum.
On Tuesday, Bunch called his time at the NMAAHC “an experience that will remain with me forever, but an experience I’m ready to leave behind.”
https://dcist.com/story/19/05/28/th...-head-of-the-african-american-history-museum/
Mikaela Lefrak
Rachel Sadon
National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch has been named the Smithsonian’s 14th secretary.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo
The Smithsonian Institution has a new man at its helm: Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, was appointed the Smithsonian’s new Secretary on Tuesday. He is the fourteenth person to hold the position in the Smithsonian’s 173-year history, and the first African American.
As Secretary, Bunch will manage the administration of the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 21 libraries, and the National Zoo. He is also responsible for its $1.5 billion annual budget.
Bunch will succeed David J. Skorton, a board-certified cardiologist who announced his resignation in December. In July, Skorton will return to the healthcare world as president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C.
One of Skorton’s major accomplishments as Secretary was overseeing the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) on the National Mall in 2016. Now, the man who led that museum’s development has been tapped to fill Skorton’s shoes.
“Lonnie has spent 29 years of his life dedicated to the Smithsonian, so he knows the institution inside and out,” said David Rubenstein, the chair of the Smithsonian Board of Regents on Tuesday. The Board met at the Supreme Court earlier in the day unanimously elected Bunch as Secretary.
“He’s also highly regarded by members of Congress and highly respected by our donor base,” Rubenstein added, while also citing Bunch’s “incredible character” and his leadership of the NMAAHC as major assets.
“You’re going to make a historian cry,” Bunch said when he took the microphone at Tuesday’s press conference. “This is an emotional moment, because the Smithsonian means so much to me personally and professionally.”
Bunch talked about how he met his wife, Maria, at the Smithsonian, and how his daughter attended Smithsonian’s children’s programs.
Bunch stewarded the NMAAHC from its conception, starting in 2005. He shepherded both the David Adjaye-designed structure and helped build the entire collection from scratch. The museum has been such a success that tickets are still largely required more than two years after opening, with visitors staying for hours longer than at other facilities. In its first year of operation, it welcomed nearly 2.4 million visitors and was the fourth-most visited Smithsonian institution.
“It tells the unvarnished truth,” Bunch told DCist on the one-year anniversary of the museum’s opening. “I think there are people who were stunned that a federal institution could tell the story with complexity, with truth, with tragedy, and sometimes resilience.”
At the time, he described what he hoped his legacy would be:
I think the museum itself; that’s my legacy. I think that what you want is you really want three things to happen. You want to leave behind a staff who is engaged and who recognizes that there is always going to be a challenge of exploring American history and culture through this lens. That’s always got to be there. You also want to leave a legacy of having people be changed by the museum. You want that sense of a group of people who leave the museum saying ‘I’m going to make America better.’ And then the last thing you want to leave behind is a sense of optimism that despite the struggles in front of you, look at the struggles behind you. And they’re not easy, they’re not without loss or sacrifice, and they’re not always complete, but this is a different world in part because of the struggles around questions of race.
Over his tenure, he made it a point to continue building a collection for the museum’s future, including acquiring artifacts from the Black Lives Matter movement, and to integrate D.C.’s own rich history into the fabric of the museum.
On Tuesday, Bunch called his time at the NMAAHC “an experience that will remain with me forever, but an experience I’m ready to leave behind.”
https://dcist.com/story/19/05/28/th...-head-of-the-african-american-history-museum/
