Behind the Dream: the Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation by Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly

Saturday, January 19, 2013, 2:00 pm

Join us for a conversation between award-winning author and Washington Post reporter Wil Haygood and Clarence B. Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King’s personal lawyer and speechwriter.

National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater 14^th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC Metro: Smithsonian or Federal Triangle

Free and Open to the Public. Seating limited. RSVP requested Register at www.nmaahc.si.edu/events

Help us Celebrate History in the Making at an Open House hosted by the NMAAHC

Sunday, January 20, 2013, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

• Take a virtual tour of the Museum
• View groundbreaking ceremony highlights
• Meet museum staff and fellow Charter Members
• Enjoy music and light refreshments
• Show your membership card to receive a special photo (quantities limited)
• Become a Charter Member

S. Dillon Ripley Center 1100 Jefferson Avenue NW Washington DC Note: Copper-dome entrance kiosk located between Smithsonian Castle and the Freer Sackler Gallery. Metro: Smithsonian

Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963

On view now through September 15, 2013 in the NMAAHC’s temporary gallery on level 2.

National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center 14^th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC Metro: Smithsonian or Federal Triangle

Guided exhibition tours offered Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 12:00 noon, and 1:00 pm. Maximum group size for each tour is 15. Please meet in front of exhibition entrance.

For more information about Changing America, visit www.nmaahc.si.edu.