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> [This is not a museum of tragedy. It is not the museum of difficult moments. It is the museum that says -here is a balanced history of America that allows us to cry and smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-bunch/this-is-not-a-museum-of-tragedy-it-is-not-the-museum-of-difficult/)

Lonnie Bunch

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## More by Lonnie Bunch

> [This is not a museum of tragedy. It is not the museum of difficult moments. It is the museum that says -here is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-bunch/this-is-not-a-museum-of-tragedy-it-is-not-the-museum-of-difficult/)

Lonnie Bunch

> [I think all Americans need to recognize that, as tragic and horrible as slavery was, as big an economic shadow as it cast, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-bunch/i-think-all-americans-need-to-recognize-that-as-tragic-and-horrible/)

Lonnie Bunch

> [The story of slavery is everybody's story. It is the story about how we're all shaped by, regardless of race, regardless of how long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-bunch/the-story-of-slavery-is-everybody-s-story-it-is-the-story-about-how/)

Lonnie Bunch

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