‘Advocates Know How to Fight Attempts to Repress Black History’: CounterSpin interview with Naomi Bethune on anti-Black history

‘Advocates Know How to Fight Attempts to Repress Black History’: CounterSpin interview with Naomi Bethune on anti-Black history

Janine Jackson for FAIR Janine Jackson interviewed American Prospect‘s John Lewis writing fellow Naomi Bethune about anti-Black history for the February 27, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.Audio Player Janine Jackson: A US district judge pushed back on Justice Department lawyers who were defending removing historical exhibits about slavery from Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. Assistant US Attorney…