Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order

Black churches back embattled history museum

As he does one day each month, the Rev. Robert Turner hit the road from his home in Baltimore last week and traveled — on foot — 43 miles to Washington.

Historic Black Sites Under Threat, May 3 Mobilization Set

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Bradley said a national mobilization is set for May 3 in Washington, D.C., urging people to join the Smithsonian and support endangered cultural institutions. “This is not random,” she said. “This is consistent. This is deliberate.”

The Smithsonian PURGE: 47th president’s team removes artifacts of Black resistance

White House officials are reportedly dismantling key Smithsonian exhibits on African-American history—beginning with the Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in—sparking outrage from civil rights leaders. Critics, including Rep. Alma Adams and Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, denounce the move as an attempt to erase painful truths of America’s past under the guise of eliminating “improper ideology.” The post The Smithsonian PURGE: 47th president’s team removes art…

66% of Americans Don’t Think Trump Should Control Museums

Trump’s notorious campaign against cultural institutions, including the Smithsonian museums, seeks to whitewash American history. (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic)Two thirds of Americans disagree that the president should control national museums and theaters, according to the results of a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.The six-day poll, which closed on Monday, April 21, surveyed 4,306 adults across the United States on Trump’s overall perform…

How Trump Wants to Change History

Late last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to restore “truth and sanity to American history.” Understandably, this order has not attracted as much attention as subsequent Trump actions establishing a new global trade regime by executive fiat. But historians did not miss Trump’s order. And they have reacted to the news with the calm sense of perspective one would expect from that learned profession. “It’s what the Nazis did…

Black Folks & Religion

What a lot of people don’t understand Black folks’ relationship with God and religion is not the same as others, that should be evident the moment you walk into a Black church or listen to a Black Pastor or even attend a religious ceremony. Now I’ll be...