The​ ​past​ ​and​ ​the​ ​present​ ​were​ ​featured​ ​in​ ​the​ ​ September issue​ ​of​ ​Smithsonian​ ​Magazine .​ ​That​ ​issue​ ​is​ ​called​ ​"Black in​ ​America."​ ​The​ ​magazine’s​ ​release​ ​coincided​ ​with​ ​the opening​ ​of​ ​the​ ​new​ ​National​ ​Museum​ ​of​ ​African​ ​American History​ ​and​ ​Culture​ ​in​ ​Washington,​ ​D.C.​ ​We​ ​talked​​ ​with​​ ​Editor-in-Chief Michael​ ​Caruso about ​how​ ​they​ ​chose what​ ​to​ ​include​ ​and​ ​what​ ​to​ ​leave​ ​out. It’s been more than 50