Brazil Demonstrates that You Can't Erase Black History

Brazil Demonstrates that You Can’t Erase Black History

The Trump Administration recently cut funding to the 400 Years of African American History Commission. Another cut targeted the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana and its planned exhibit on resistance to slavery, which had been in the works for three years and was planned to open January 2026. Along with book bans and anti-DEI pronouncements, these efforts threaten to scrub or rewrite the history of slavery and racism in the United States. Such eff…

Brazil Demonstrates that You Can't Erase Black History

The Trump Administration recently cut funding to the 400 Years of African American History Commission. Another cut targeted the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana and its planned exhibit on resistance to slavery, which had been in the works for three years and was planned to open January 2026. Along with book bans and anti-DEI pronouncements, these efforts threaten to scrub or rewrite the history of slavery and racism in the United States. [time-br…

MacDonald: Gov. Nuisance, The National Guard, and Black History

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard to aid in the protection of nine black children attending a previously all white High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bill Clinton’s hometown became a flashpoint for desegregation in the South. The governor had called up the Arkansas National Guard to stop the desegregation. ... Read more Source

Museum exhibits everyone should visit as the government tries to rewrite the narrative

As the Trump administration pushes for sweeping changes to federal cultural institutions, those in the DMV areas should make sure to get out and appreciate the museum exhibits that are threatened. With a proposed slate of budget cuts and a renewed effort to “eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology,” cultural leaders and artists are sounding the alarm that some of the country’s most vital and honest exhibitions may soon be at risk…