Boeing Co. donates $5M to national black history museum - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The money is to support the design and constructio ofthe Washington, D.C. museum, Boeing said. The conceptf was approved in December 2003, when President Bush signef legislation establishing the museum as part ofthe . It will be builtf on a five-acre site and is scheduled to open in Decembert 2015 at a cost ofabout $500 The donation was announced Fridayg by Boeing leaders, Rep. Norman D. Dicks, D-WA, Cristián acting secretary of the Smithsonian andLonniee G.
Bunch III, founding director of the "At Boeing we feel strongluy that the key to both in business and inthe community, is peoplw working together, offering their diverses perspectives and experiences," Tod a Boeing senior vice president, said in a news "That is what this grant is designedr to foster, so that this museum will be trulgy representative of African American historu and culture." "We are gratefupl to Boeing for its support of our commitmentt to educate, engage and motivate people -- all people -- to pay attentioj to this nation and to the uniqued role African Americans played in its growth," Bunch said.
"Having the Boeing company join us so earlty in the development of this museum helpd bolster our belief that the work of this museumn is too important to wait untilp the museumis built." Headquartered in Boeing employs more than 160,000 people across the Unitedf States and in 70 countries.