Trump’s Order Strips Slavery Exhibits, Removes Black History

The Trump administration has intensified its campaign to rewrite how America tells its history, ordering federal agencies to remove exhibits and materials that emphasize slavery and racial injustice by Sept. 17. 

Issued by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the directive has sparked a wave of protests, most notably in Philadelphia. It follows a recently published White House article slamming the Smithsonian Institution’s recounts of slavery, racism, and social justice in America, while painting the institution as “anti-American propaganda.”

“These steps are veiled attempts to rewrite and distort the narrative by removing any mention of the racist actions, words, and deeds that have shaped American history,” Karsonya “Kaye” Whitehead, president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), said in a statement about the Aug. 21 directive. “This regime is actively seeking to erase the lived experiences of Black people.”

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