AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Descendant of slaves rebukes Smithsonian for turning American history into a political weapon
Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., a great-grandson of enslaved Americans, is calling out the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for what he describes as systematic anti-American indoctrination, and a 162-page White House report backs him up. Jackson, a nondenominational bishop, pastor, and author, sat down with Fox News Digital to lay out his case against […] The post Descendant of slaves rebukes Smithsonian for turning American history into a political weapon appeared first on American Almanac .
Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., a great-grandson of enslaved Americans, is calling out the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for what he describes as systematic anti-American indoctrination, and a 162-page White House report backs him up. Jackson, a nondenominational bishop, pastor, and author, sat down with Fox News Digital to lay out his case against the museum he believes has abandoned honest history in favor of ideology. His criticism comes weeks after the White House Domestic Policy Council released a sweeping report titled "Saving America's Story," which concluded that the museum has undergone what it called "ideological capture." Jackson did not mince words. He framed the museum's approach as a deliberate effort to turn…Open
NPR (Tonya Mosley) - How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today
In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank, which was created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War. Originally broadcast Nov. 7, 2024.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Why The Black American West Museum Was Founded
Terri Gentry, Board of Directors, Black American West Museum & Heritage Center on why the museum was founded.
AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - As Trump-era cuts hollow out preservation, Black philanthropists step in to save history
Private nonprofits and Black philanthropists are stepping in to save endangered Black history touchstones as the Trump administration orders agencies to scrub or rewrite "equity-related" public history. Why it matters: Private Black funding is becoming the last line of defense for many sites central to the country's democratic and civil rights memory, as the federal government retreats from preservation. - "It's my hope that we don't stay in this weird and tragic period," Deborah D. Douglas, author of "U.S. Civil Rights Trail : A Traveler's Guide to the People, Places, and Events that Made the Movement," tells Axios. - "So I'm glad that private individuals are in on the action while we figure out how to react and strategize to the…
AI:Private nonprofits and Black philanthropists are moving to preserve historic sites as the Trump administration rolls back federal diversity programming and orders agencies to scrub "equity-related" public history. As the National Park Service retreats from preserving new landmarks and dismantles certain exhibits, private funding is stepping in to rescue endangered locations, including the site where Emmett Till was killed and several iconic Black churches across the country. This shift toward community ownership and private stewardship comes as the federal government targets DEI initiatives and works to remove what it classifies as anti-American ideology from public history displays.Open