He is definitely one of the top historians in the country today. He's definitely the most visible. Everyone is watching what is going on with the National Museum of African American History and Culture. |
This is an incredibly daunting task he has taken on. With the museum's location being somewhere on the National Mall, and his role in deciding where it's actually going to be and what's going to be in it, it's a massive undertaking. |
We really hope for students to see the possibilities for a career in public history and what a really successful public historian looks like. |