Black philanthropy races to save history as Trump cuts support

Source: msn/Axios

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Private nonprofits and Black philanthropists are stepping in to save endangered Black history touchstones as the Trump administration orders agencies to scrub or rewrite "equity-related" public history.

Why it matters: Private Black funding is becoming the last line of defense for many sites central to the country's democratic and civil rights memory, as the federal government retreats from preservation.

"It's my hope that we don't stay in this weird and tragic period," Deborah D. Douglas, author of "U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler's Guide to the People, Places, and Events that Made the Movement," tells Axios.

"So I'm glad that private individuals are in on the action while we figure out how to react and strategize to the overall degradation of the idea of Black people's contributions to this country."