what haperned to a dream deferred? does it dry up a raisin in the sun? or fester like a sore.d? today we must thank the white house and the united states fo senator and congressman jc watts, the it regents. the secretary to the smithsonian. the director of the national museum of african ame history and culture and his staff. advised the council of scholars in a general corporate and individual donors who have taken a dream deferred and helped it find its place in history. this is an end but also a beginning. there is still much work to do. sit us down through the ages. we must call up on the courage of those who were in the struggle long before any of us were born. we must tell the story, the whole story 400 year story of african american contribution to this nation's history from slavery to the present without anger or apology. the problem we face today as a nation make it plain, make it clear that there is still a great deal of pain that needs to be healed. story told in this building, speak the truth that has the power to set an entire nation free. revealed the oldest lesso