Wright Museum of African American History, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Pewabic Pottery and the Motown Museum.

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She is also immersing herself in a new assignment: the National Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open in Washington, D.

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Two new libraries opened this year, both designed by the architect David Adjaye, who is also on the team designing the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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He was a public defender in Washington before helping to establish the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and then going to work for nine years in private practice.

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"Rising Up" will be at the High through Sept. 2, 2012, after which it will travel to the 80WSE Gallery at New York University, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American Culture and History in Washington, and four other museums.

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While a few institutions in the U.S. had collected some African objects beginning in the late 19th century, the American Museum of Natural History acquired a large group in 1907 from Belgium's King Leopold II (infamous for his treatment of the Congo).

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