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NCNW shows support for the National Museum of African American History
The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) issued the following statement in response the President Donald Trump’s Executive ...
Head of African American Museum Departs as Trump Targets Smithsonian
Kevin Young, who has led the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, went on leave before the ...
Director Of The National Museum Of African American History And Culture Is Placed On ‘Indefinite Leave'
In Young's absence, Shanita Brackett, the museum's director of operations, has been appointed interim director.
Head of African American Museum on leave as Smithsonian faces Trump pressure
The internal announcement, which has not previously been made public, came nearly two weeks before President Trump issued an ...
Director of National Museum of African American History and Culture on leave as Trump Adminstration turns attention to Smithsonian
As President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda turns its attention to the Smithsonian, Kevin Young, the director of the National ...
Head of Washington's African American History museum on personal leave, Washington Post reports
The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Kevin Young, has gone on personal ...
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The Charles H. Wright Museum Set the Template for Narrating the African-American Experience
From its beginning in Wright’s Detroit basement, the museum has cultivated increased visibility for all African Americans by ...
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Smithsonian’s African American museum director Kevin Young resigns
Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, has stepped down. He ...
Critics see Trump attacks on the ‘Black Smithsonian’ as an effort to sanitize racism in US history
Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders are sharply rebuking President Donald Trump for his order ...
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Director on Leave as Trump Order Targets African American History Museum and Cultural Institutions
Kevin Young, director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is on leave as Trump's executive order ...
‘Giving people a fairytale history’: Colorado College professor reacts to executive order focused on popular national museum
A new executive order from the Trump administration focuses on the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and ...