Trump sets sights on national African American history museum

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American Museum of History and Culture a few years ago.

“Everyone understood why he had tears in his eyes," said Sanchez, a former high school history teacher.

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The Smithsonian Institution museum opened with much fanfare nine years ago and has been lauded for its mission to share the good and the bad of the Black experience in America, including slavery. Now, it’s also in the sights of President Donald Trump, who called its work part of a “widespread effort to rewrite our nation’s history.”

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It's not clear what Trump's directive will mean for the national African American museum, if anything. But its director, Kevin Young, stepped down April 4, a little more than a week after Trump's executive order.

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“From slavery to civil rights to the cultural innovations that continue to shape the world, the museum ensures these stories are not forgotten, denied, or politicized,’’ the National Council of Negro Women said in a statement. ...................(more)

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