“A 2017 national survey report by the American Alliance of Museums reveals that whites hold 84 percent of curator, conservator, educator and other leadership positions in American museums. These jobs are critical; individuals with such titles build the collections and determine the topics of the exhibits and programs that are the central activities of cultural institutions….”
“In the late 1980s and early 1990s, U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins, D-Ill., the first African-American woman to represent the Midwest in Congress, focused her attention on the ‘minority employment in senior-level managerial positions’ within museums in major American cities.”
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