Trump faces backlash over Smithsonian review plans
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The White House on Thursday released a list of what they consider “out of control” content at the Smithsonian, after Donald Trump attacked the institution earlier this week as too “woke.” On Truth Social,
CBS host Tony Dokoupil agreed with Trump's criticism of Smithsonian museums focusing too much on America's negative history rather than celebrating achievements.
In April, the National Museum of African American History and Culture sparked controversy after it announced it would return several artifacts to their donors, including a Bible carried during a civil rights protest and Harriet Tubman’s book of hymns, NBC News reported.
Rep. Alma Adams says Trump 'misunderstands museums’ role, stressing slavery’s history cannot be whitewashed' after his criticism of the Smithsonian.
The president seems bent on eradicating the painful and defining legacy of slavery from American history. But at what cost?
A traveling version of the thought-provoking Smithsonian exhibition “Americans” will begin a six-year national tour in August. Based on the major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, “Americans” explores how deeply intertwined American Indians are in the history, popular culture and identity of the United States.