Descended from a slave, this family helped to open the African American museum with Obama

The Washington Post 2016-09-26

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Ruth Odom Bonner, 99, and four generations of her family, joined President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to ring the bell to officially open the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on Saturday, Sept. 24.
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