Controversy Over National Park Exhibits Highlighting Slavery History
TL;DR
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information about slavery, including a photo of an enslaved man's scars, from multiple national parks to eliminate what they describe as 'corrosive ideology.'
- National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars The Washington Post
- Books about slavery could be removed from NPS museums, gift shops NPR
- From slavery to pollution, National Park employees flagged material deemed 'disparaging' to US AP News
- As Trump targets national parks that 'disparage Americans,’ advocates warn California history is at stake LAist
- National park to remove exhibit of famed photograph showing former slave’s scarred back, says report The Independent
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