Along with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama,
99-year-old Ruth Odom Bonner rang the bell to officially open the
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the
nation’s first Black history museum, as reported by the Huffington
Post.
“Today, we have with us a family that reflects the arc of our
progress: the Bonner family ― four generations in all, starting with
gorgeous 7-year-old Christine and going up to gorgeous 99-year-old
Ruth,” President Barack Obama said. “Ruth’s father, Elijah Odom, was
born into servitude in Mississippi. He was born a slave. As a young boy,
he ran, though, to his freedom. He lived through Reconstruction and he
lived through Jim Crow. But he went on to farm, and graduate from
medical school, and gave life to the beautiful family that we see today ―
with a spirit reflected in beautiful Christine, free and equal in the
laws of her country and in the eyes of God.”
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Source: Black Then (Discovering Our History)
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