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known in the museum community for her work on programming for special audiences, including multicultural audiences. She has been an adjunct professor at New York University and has taught at the Bank Street College and in various school systems.

Brown is author of [[underlined]] Something Old, Something Nubian, Objects of Trade: China [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Methethy, A Man of Ancient Egypt, [[/underlined]] all published by the Brooklyn Museum, and "Lateral Thinking and Museum Programs," published in the Journal of Museum Education.

[[underlined]] THE PROJECT [[/underlined]]

Initially, Brown will oversee the activities of a small working community comprised of people from within and outside the Smithsonian. This group will formulate the issues to be presented to a larger advisory committee, which is to be appointed by Secretary Adams within the next month. The advisory committee will consist of about 40 Smithsonian and non-Smithsonian scholars and authorities on African American history, culture and art who will debate and further articulate the issues.

Based on the advisory committee's work, a report will be developed and sent to Adams and to the Smithsonian board of regents. The report is expected to take about a year to prepare.

Brown also will work closely with other Smithsonian bureaus and with appropriate members of Congress and their staffs on these matters. In addition, she will began systematically to establish relationships with African American collecting organizations and to work on issues of joint concern.

While these deliberations are taking place, the Smithsonian will conduct a search for a permanent director of the project.

The African American Presence on the Mall Project will be funded in fiscal 1990 by a combination of federal appropriations and Smithsonian trust funds.

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