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children all over the country, and then they want to see the real thing. >> with the changes along those lines, do you think that people would like to think differently about the smithsonian? >> i would like to think so, first they will see a more holistic view, that we have sciences and the research is very deep at the smithsonian. whether history, art, culture or science. there is always research, i would hope so. i think they would see us as a cutting-edge place, things can be fun a...

>> host: i am elsa barkley brown and here with mia bay to talk about her book "to tell the truth freely" the life of ida b. wells". i am looking forward to the conversation. >> guest: thank you very much. >> host: you are outlining who ida b. wells is and what you want to write the biography of her? >> guest: ida b. wells was the anti-lynching crusader running days raising to fame in the 1890s born of the civil war and a child of slaves. they were freed at the end of the war. by the 18...

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