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Historian reacts to the Trump administration's calls for a 'comprehensive review' of eight Smithsonian museums

Historian reacts to the Trump administration's calls for a 'comprehensive review' of eight Smithsonian museums

Update: 2025-08-25
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Charmaine Nelson is a provost professor of art history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she runs the Slavery North Initiative. She explains the harm changing the narrative of history can cause and what the Trump's administrations push to do this signals to her.

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Historian reacts to the Trump administration's calls for a 'comprehensive review' of eight Smithsonian museums

Historian reacts to the Trump administration's calls for a 'comprehensive review' of eight Smithsonian museums