I AM MOVING TODAY ON MY WAY TO TAMPA, FLORIDA. IN MANY WAYS IT IS A NEW ADVENTURE AND OTHER WAYS IT'S DEPRESSING TO BE FORCED TO MOVED BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND I FEEL MY CONTROL. THIS HAS BEEN MY WIFE ROBBIN AND MY HOME AND THE ONLY HOME FOR MY DAUGHTER SKYLER FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS. YESTERDAY, I SIGNED OWNERSHIP OVER TO ANOTHER FAMILY BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T AFFORD TO STAY IN THE HOME ANY LONGER.

MY WEALTH WAS STOLEN FROM ME BECAUSE SOMEONE DECIDED IT WAS COOL TO LEAVE THE BACK DOOR OF A MOVING TRUCK UNATTACHED. THAT AND THE FACT THAT ONCE THEY SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED THE YOUNG BLACK COUPLE LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT WITHOUT ANY CONCERN FOR MY PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. THEN THE COMPANY I HAD DEDICATED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY TO DECIDED THAT THEY SHOULD FIGHT WITH LEGAL VIGOR THE CASE IN WORKER'S COMPENSATION COURT FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS.

I AM STILL FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR COMPENSATION THAT IS DUE ME. HOPEFULLY, THAT JUSTICE WILL COME SOON BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE ACCIDENT CAUSED ME TO DRAIN MY SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT FUNDS. I AM ALWAYS IN A STATE OF WONDER AND DESPAIR ABOUT THE QUESTION, WHY ME? I JUST SAW A PSYCHOLOGIST THIS PAST WEEK ABOUT THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY THAT HAS OVERCOME ME PERSONALLY.

I HAVE HAD TO LIVE IN CONSTANT PAIN AND WITH THE MEMORY OF NOVEMBER 27, 2011 AND THAT GODDAMN TRUCK TIRE COMING OUT THE BACK OF THAT MOVING VAN. I WAS SIMPLY HEADED TO AN APPOINTMENT AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WITHIN SECONDS MY ENTIRE LIFE WOULD BE IN TURMOIL. AS I LIVE FOR THE SOUTHERN CLIMES TO ATTEMPT TO HELP MY DAUGHTER BUILD HER CAREER.

I LEAVE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MARYLAND SYSTEM OF LABOR PROTECTION HAS ABSOLUTELY FAILED ME. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE YOUR ECONOMIC LIFE AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER CRUSHED WITHOUT RECEIVING SOME FINANCIAL REMEDY EXCEPT OF COURSE UNLESS YOU'RE BLACK. BECAUSE IN MY CASE MY COLOR I FEEL WAS IN FACT USED AGAINST ME. SO GOODBYE MARYLAND AND I HOPE THAT SOMEONE IN THE WORKERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION FEELS MY PAIN AND ALLOWS MY ATTORNEY TO GAIN SOME REMEDY FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.

I CREATED THIS PASSAGE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW CAPITALLY TREATED UNJUSTLY.

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When the original Smithsonian Museum was completed in 1846 there was a holding pen for black slaves in the back of the museum. The holding pen was owned by William H. Williams who was a notorious slave trader. It was behind and east of the original Smithsonian Museum in plain view of the U.S. Capitol. The pen's primary usage was holding slaves sold at auction and headed to the deep south. On November 1, 2019, Mr. Lonnie Bunch, an African American whose family ancestral routes certainly trackback to slavery in this nation became the very first African American to become Secretary of the entire museum complexes. As founding director of the Museum (and, previously, as a staff member and scholar at both the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum), he is uniquely prepared to lead the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and multiple education units and centers. This honor is well deserved as Dr. Bunch has provided the leadership in establishing the most visible of the Smithsonian Museums, The National Museum of African American History. Just think the original Secretary had a visible sightline to Williams's slave pen. I am sure that never in Joseph Henry's mind did he think that one day a descendant of slaves would be elevated to the position of Secretary of the Smithsonian Museum.