March 23, 2022

National Urban League President Marc Morial and National Action Network Founder Al Sharpton Support National Museum of the American People

The museum will tell the story about the making of the American People

WASHINGTON, DC - Renowned civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton and Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, have signed on to support the proposed National Museum of the American People's Declaration of E Pluribus Unum which calls for a Presidential Commision to study establishment of the museum.

Rev. Sharpton, a fierce believer in the philosophy of nonviolent, direct-action protest, founded the National Action Network in 1991. Founded in 1910, the National Urban League is a leading civil rights organization that fights for racial, social, and economic justice. It has 90 affiliates serving 300 communities in 37 states and Washington, D.C.

"The Coalition for the National Museum of the American People is honored to be endorsed by Rev. Sharpton's National Action Network and the National Urban League led by Marc Morial," said Coalition Director Sam Eskenazi. "I'm excited to say that we are closer than ever to making this museum a reality. Support from civil rights leaders is key to ensuring that this museum shares the experiences of all Americans."

These powerful endorsements for the National Museum of the American People highlight the need for a national museum that will tell the story of how every ethnic and minority group came together to become Americans. The museum will share the story of immigrants, natives, migrants, refugees and those that were enslaved. They forged the most multicultural nation on Earth.

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The National Museum of the American People (NMAP) is a proposed museum that will present the dramatic story about the making of the American People. Our nation's compelling history begins with the first humans in the Western Hemisphere and continues through today. It will celebrate all who became Americans, whether from Europe, Africa, Asia and Pacific Islands, or the Americas or were here as First Peoples. The museum will endeavor to be one of the most powerful story-telling museums in the world. It will take visitors along an absorbing, dynamic pathway starting some 20,000 years ago through today. It will foster civics education, instill our national values under the Constitution, and help unify the American People.