Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Winfrey giving $12M to new African-American museum

FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo Oprah Winfrey reacts after delivering the commencement address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on the National Mall that will document African-American life. The National Museum of African American History and Culture said the museum’s 350-seat theater will be named after Winfrey. When it’s finished in 2015, the museum will house artifacts including Harriet Tubman’s shawl, Emmett Till’s casket and a Jim Crow-era segregated railroad car.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-American history, officials said Tuesday.








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