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name: Mabel O. Wilson
about: Mabel O. Wilson is an architectural designer and cultural historian. She is the author of Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smithsonian, 2016) and Negro Building: African Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums (University of California, 2012). At Columbia University, she is a professor of architecture, a co-director of Global Africa Lab, and associate director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies.