What role did Lonnie Bunch play in the National Museum of African American History and Culture?

Lonnie Bunch was the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, where he secured funding, oversaw its construction, and collected artifacts. Of that museum he said, “I wanted to build a museum where you’d cry as you pondered the pain of slavery or segregation—but I also wanted you to find joy, I wanted you to tap your toes to Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong.”