Published 7 days ago • loading... • Updated 3 hours ago

Critics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 27 to promote a traditional view of history in museums, asserting a "concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history" as motivation for these changes.
The order tasks Vice President J.D. Vance and others with removing "improper ideology" from institutions like the Smithsonian.
Critics, including activist Ibram X. Kendi, argue that the order attacks Black American history and distorts historical narratives, emphasizing the importance of accurate representation.

Insights by Ground AI

Does this summary seem wrong?

199 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

DNyuz

Lean Right

Head of African American Museum Departs As Trump Targets Smithsonian

Kevin Young, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, is stepping down after four years in the role, the museum said Friday. In a statement, the museum said that Mr. Young said he wanted to focus on his writing. He remains the poetry editor of The New Yorker. His departure comes as President Trump has targeted the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of African American History and Cu…

3 hours ago

Read Full Article

Fast Company

Lean Left

Smithsonian caught in the crosshairs of Trump’s history wars

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits to local museums. I fondly remember trips to the Fellow-Reeves Museum in Wichita, Kansas, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. A 1908 photograph of my great-grandparents picking cotton has been used as a poster by the Oklahoma Historical Society. This love of learning history continued into m…

8 hours ago

Read Full Article

Scroll India

Lean Left

Trump joins the war on history, trains guns on museums ‘driven by ideology not truth’

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits to local museums.I fondly remember trips to the Fellow-Reeves Museum in Wichita, Kansas, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. A 1908 photograph of my great-grandparents picking cotton has been used as a poster by the Oklahoma Historical Society.This love of learning history continued into my …

8 hours ago·India

Read Full Article

The Chicago Crusader

Left

Lies and insanity: The President’s approach to history

Julianne Malveaux On March 27, 2025, the President issued yet another inane Executive Order, this one a “Presidential Action” titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” Given this President’s aversion to DEI, antipathy toward Black people, and embrace of American exceptionalism, this action is not surprising. It was startling, however, that this “Presidential Action” […]

13 hours ago

Read Full Article

Daily Press

Reposted by

The Virginian Pilot

Lean Right

Letter for April 4: Progressivism not at fault for our country’s woes

Rewriting history Re “What made America great in the Gilded Age” (Other Views, March 29): The opinion column is another rewriting of history by the Heritage Foundation, an organization that conceived Project 2025 in the course of advancing the agenda of the billionaire set in opposition to America’s middle class. The writer is especially venomous toward progressivism, the same progressivism responsible for the 40-hour workweek, overtime, health …

1 day ago

Read Full Article