2-832-911 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The National Negro Memorial was planned as a monument where 'the achievements of the Negro may be placed before the world'. A century later, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was inaugurated by President Barack Obama in September 2016. Three-dimensional cylinder with Bakelite ivory tone top and bottom covers; top cover features image of 1926 original design intent for the National Negro Memorial.