Who can forget the snub to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture? I recall when the museum opened, The Smithsonian had zero plans to reference Justice Clarence Thomas, the second of two black justices to ever serve on the United States Supreme Court. Instead, what they chose to highlight is the testimony of Anita Hill in what came to be known as a high tech lynching that followed. (06:24–06:38)
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Asserts that the Smithsonian initially had no plans to reference Justice Clarence Thomas at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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