Permanent February

When I first heard about it, I said, “Oh, great: segregation on the Mall. A permanent February.” As you might guess, I wasn’t very happy about it. What was I talking about? The coming National Museum of African American History and Culture, to be part of the Smithsonian Institution, ensconced on the National Mall.

There was already a National Museum of American History. And if black Americans aren’t part and parcel of this history, who is? Betsy Ross, Audie Murphy, and a few select others?