WATCH: Voices from the June 6 Black Lives Matter protest in DC

By Monique Blyther
June 11, 2020 | 11:55 PM

Roger Campbell II holds a sign during the protests in D.C. on Saturday, June 6, 2020. (WTOP/Monique Blyther) — Roger Campbell II holds a sign during the protests in D.C. on Saturday, June 6, 2020.

Roger Campbell II speaks during a rally in D.C. on Saturday, June 6, 2020. (WTOP/Monique Blyther) — Roger Campbell II speaks during a rally in D.C. on Saturday, June 6, 2020.

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Last Saturday, thousands gathered in D.C. for the ninth day of protests following the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

Demonstrators, braving the heat and the risk of coronavirus, assembled at the Lincoln Memorial in support of the city’s largest Black Lives Matter rally.

Among them stood activist Roger Campbell II, with a response to a question many non-black supporters have asked: How can I help?

He read portions of his essay, brought many to tears, and he challenged them to see life through the lens of a black experience.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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