Lonnie Bunch III, the first African American and first historian to lead the Smithsonian Institution, announced Tuesday that he will step down as its secretary at the end of the year. His exit closes seven years at the helm of the world’s largest museum complex, years that grew increasingly strained under sustained pressure from the […]

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