Smithsonian names Lonnie Bunch as first black secretary

The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will start his new role on June 16

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Alannah Francis

LONNIE BUNCH III has been named as the first African American to be appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institute in its 173-year history.

The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in September 2016, was elected to the role by the Smithsonian’s board of regents.

Bunch, who is the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian, is also the first-ever historian elected to the post and the first museum director to become secretary in 74 years.

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