Philip Freelon, "the most significant African American architect in recent history", dies aged 66

Philip Freelon, the architect behind major buildings dedicated to black culture in the US, including Washington DC's National Museum of African American History and San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora, has passed away.
The African American architect died Monday 9 July 2019 in North Carolina, where he founded his architecture firm The Freelon Group back in 1990.
Freelon designed the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which opened in September