AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Smithsonian history director called history a 'prime tool of social justice' — then told Congress the museum doesn't take sides
A resurfaced video shows the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History telling UCLA students that history is a "prime tool of social justice," months before she assured Congress the institution stays nonpartisan. Anthea Hartig, the first woman to lead the National Museum of American History, delivered the remarks during a February 2025 […] The post Smithsonian history director called history a 'prime tool of social justice' — then told Congress the museum doesn't take sides appeared first on American Almanac .
A resurfaced video shows the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History telling UCLA students that history is a "prime tool of social justice," months before she assured Congress the institution stays nonpartisan. Anthea Hartig, the first woman to lead the National Museum of American History, delivered the remarks during a February 2025 presentation hosted by UCLA's Luskin Center for History and Policy. In the video, reviewed by Fox News Digital , Hartig laid out a sweeping vision for the taxpayer-funded museum, one built around equity, reparations, restorative justice, and the celebration of activist movements including Black Lives Matter. Roughly seventeen months later, seated before the House Oversight and…Open