The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Lonnie Bunch

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Lonnie Bunch

9/5/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.212

Museum chief executive and curator Lonnie Bunch (1952 - ) was the founding curator of the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Bunch later served as the Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs at the National Museum of American History, the president of the Chicago Historical Society, and on the Commission for the Preservation of the White House. Bunch was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 9/5/2003, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 9; Total Run Time: 04h 15m 07s

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Bunch, Lonnie G. III, 1952-

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Historian and educator Lonnie G. Bunch was born November 18, 1952, in Newark, New Jersey. After graduating from Belleville High School in 1970, Bunch enrolled in Howard University and later transferred to the American University in Washington, D.C. Bunch stayed at American, earning his B.A. degree in 1974; his M.A. degree in 1976; and his Ph.D. in 1979. Bunch's degrees were in the fields of American and African American history.While working on his doctorate, Bunch went to work for the Smithsoni...