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Posted: 2/22/2012 12:09:50 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are joined by Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Wayne Clough (L) as they place their hands over their hearts while the American flag is honored at the groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington February 22, 2012. The museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 12:03:53 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watch the ceremonial ground breaking for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. At center is former first lady Laura Bush. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 12:02:21 PM EST
Former first lady Laura Bush (3rd L) holds a shovel at a groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington February 22, 2012. The museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 12:00:02 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 11:59:07 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama applaud former first lady Laura Bush as she speaks at the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 11:56:18 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 11:53:14 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama applaud former first lady Laura Bush as she rises to speak at the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 11:10:54 AM EST
First lady Michelle Obama hugs a child from the Brooklyn Montessori School after she presented a donation at the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 11:08:33 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga) while former First Lady Laura Bush (R) watches during the groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington February 22, 2012. The museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 11:03:25 AM EST
(L-R) Former first lady Laura Bush, Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough, first lady Michelle Obama and U.S. President Barack Obama attend the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 11:02:23 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama place their hands over their hearts while the American flag is honored at the groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington February 22, 2012. The museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 10:40:31 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 10:38:56 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. At left is Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 10:29:03 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 10:27:44 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington February 22, 2012. The museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 9:07:48 AM EST
In front of a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, James and Jewelle Gibbs of Oakland, CA, find their IDs for entry to the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 9:05:32 AM EST
A couple passes a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King as they arrive for the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 9:03:40 AM EST
A woman passes a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King as she arrives for the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 2/22/2012 9:01:04 AM EST
A couple pass a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King as they arrive for the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 2/2/2012 4:05:50 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012, file photo, Maya Angelou speaks after receiving the Literary Arts Award during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington. Angelou hopes for a time when Black History Month will no longer be needed to explain the contributions of African-Americans in America. "We want to reach a time when there won?t be Black History Month, when black history will be so integrated into American history that we study it along with every other history," she said in an interview from her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
