A new Smithsonian museum highlights the enormous influence African American culture has had on all of us

A new Smithsonian museum highlights the enormous influence African American culture has had on all of us

Having grown up in Asia, I didn’t go to Washington, DC’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) expecting to find myself represented in its galleries. And yet there I was. Childhood memories flooded back when I spotted Janet Jackson’s masterful 30-year-old first album, Control in an interactive exhibit. My dad’s tennis idol,…