lonnie bunchweek, was elected 14 secretary of the smithsonian by decent sony and board of regents. he's the first -- by the mid-sony and board of regents. he's the first african american and first historian to take the post. he is the founding director of easement sony and african-american history of museum and culture on the national mall. earlier this year he talked about how he sees his job as a museum director. >> i was associate director in charge of the curators at the museum of american history. i was called before congress. the question one member of congress asked me, can somebody african-american be in charge of america's history? and i was so offended by that notion that i can only note one aspect of it. i realized what i wanted to do, make sure i understood the fullness of the american experience and that i could bring that to bear. so the opportunity to do an exhibition on the american presidency, an exhibition still up at the museum of american history, it was an amazing opportunity, because it allowed me to think about america writ large. nothing more quintessentiall