What Gets Lost When Trump Removes Black History From Historic Sites

The Trump administration is trying to erase Black history. These writers are keeping it alive.

One of the unmistakable throughlines of the second Trump administration is how it’s overhauling policies that directly affect African Americans, most notably by targeting programs and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI. For journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, it’s an attempt to take the country back to an era before the civil rights movement. “A lot of folks are saying, you know, that this administration is rolling bac…

Historic Sites Are Where Americans Learn Who We Are

A few years after a “Western Civilization” course led me to change my plans from law school to a Ph.D., my professor—a University of Chicago legend named Karl Weintraub whose teaching inspired generations of us to stand in line overnight hoping for a place in his class—wrote to me about what he wanted students to learn. I reread his 1986 letter recently and found some resonance with current debates about our national past. Mr. Weintraub’s words …

What Gets Lost When Trump Removes Black History From Historic Sites

The government’s campaign to erase uncomfortable truths destructs the country’s progress and prevents us from knowing ourselves fully

As the Trump Administration Erases Black History, These Writers Are Keeping It Alive

One of the unmistakable throughlines of the second Trump administration is how it’s overhauling policies that directly affect African Americans, most notably by targeting programs and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI. For journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, it’s an…