NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the new African American History Museum in Detroit. The 38-million-dollar museum opens tomorrow (Saturday 4/12) and will document 500 years of black history and culture. In addition to a library, research facilities and a restaurant, the museum will feature a 70-foot replica of the hold of a slave ship, containing life-size plaster figures. As much an economic development project as a cultural endeavor, the museum is part of Detroit's on-going revitalization effort.
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