Connect the Dots 101

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Quotation of the day

“The museum has to be on a foundation of truth,” Bunch said. “Whatever it is.” Kurin was mindful that the research could yield clear evidence that Jefferson was not the father of Hemings’s children. He discussed that possibility with Bunch, who at the time was the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.…

“The museum has to be on a foundation of truth,” Bunch said. “Whatever it is.”

In 2005, Dr. Bunch was appointed as the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., which opened in 2016. In 2019, Bunch was named the fourteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the first professional historian in that position.

Kurin was mindful that the research could yield clear evidence that Jefferson was not the father of Hemings’s children. He discussed that possibility with Bunch, who at the time was the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/arts/thomas-jefferson-sally-hemings-smithsonian-hair.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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