American Historical Association Defends Smithsonian
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Instead of celebrating an “unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness,” the order argues that a “corrosive … divisive, race-centered ideology” has “reconstructed...
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to eliminate "improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the Smithsonian Institutions museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washingt...
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“Americans are more than capable of confronting hard histories, including in the halls of the Smithsonian, and come out still feeling themselves to be Americans.”
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The executive order poses a direct threat to well-respected institutions such as the Smithsonian, particularly the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The order aims to protect certain narratives of history while marginalizing others,
The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”
President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution – a sprawling organization that encompasses the National Zoo and a collection of museums that anchor tourism in the nation’s capital.
Called “Godmother of African American Art,” Lewis was born in New Orleans in 1927. She grew up in Ponchatoula, La., returning to New Orleans in 1941 to attend Dillard University.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - President Donald Trump on Thursday tasked Vice President JD Vance with removing “improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Museums. We’re talking about what “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” means on Today in Ohio.
President Trump signed an executive order last week aimed at "restoring truth and sanity to American history" through an overhaul of the Smithsonian Institution and historical sites around the U.S.