Trump can try to hide it, but slavery is part of America’s story

The Trump administration took down the slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park. The erasure of our shared ...

At MLK Library, artists consider America’s past through the lens of slavery

A new downtown Washington exhibit, inspired by the 1619 Project, explores slavery’s legacy and impact through art.

We’ve Never Agreed About George Washington and Slavery

Removing a slavery exhibit in Philadelphia revives a 250-year-old American debate.
Smithsonian Magazine

How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S.

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History

Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to rip out a memorial to slavery. Elsewhere, ...
Naples Daily News

Erasing slavery is erasing justice | Opinion

Softening the portrayal of slavery in museums is a dangerous attempt to reshape collective memory. The legacies of slavery, such as racial disparities in incarceration and wealth, continue to ...
USA Today

President Trump complains 'woke' Smithsonian is too focused on 'how bad slavery was'

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said the Smithsonian museums in Washington are too fixated on "how bad slavery was" and other negative aspects of United States history as he promised to take ...