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Eugene

(64,574 posts)
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:42 PM 15 hrs ago

Smithsonian begins removing exhibits, artifacts from African American History Museum

Source: DC News Now

Smithsonian begins removing exhibits, artifacts from African American History Museum

by: Daniel Hamburg
Posted: Apr 25, 2025 / 10:32 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 26, 2025 / 10:31 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Some artifacts and exhibits are being removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

It comes a month after President Trump’s executive order to remove what he calls “improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums.

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Civil rights activist and San Francisco Pastor Rev. Dr. Amos Brown received an email this month stating that his artifacts were being returned.

The Smithsonian told him, “Your books are delicate. Well, they know how to preserve things,” Brown said. “I did not get an email saying we are temporarily sending it back for repair, or we are going to repair. It was this general email saying we are sending back to you your book, your bible.”

Since 2016, the museum has had Brown’s bible from when he went to demonstrations with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson.

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Read more: https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/smithsonian-begins-removing-exhibits-artifacts-from-african-american-history-museum/

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/smithsonian-begins-removing-exhibits-artifacts-023207414.html

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Smithsonian begins removing exhibits, artifacts from African American History Museum (Original Post) Eugene 15 hrs ago OP
I have no words for how angry this makes me. CrispyQ 14 hrs ago #1
My sentiments exactly democrank 14 hrs ago #8
And Heartbroken All at the same time.. Cha 12 hrs ago #24
And even more alienated than I was, before. calimary 11 hrs ago #35
Here's to All of us out Living the Cha 11 hrs ago #36
I have plenty of words. Most of them would net me a visit from the suits. niyad 12 hrs ago #27
Don't just get mad, vow to get even. c-rational 12 hrs ago #31
Trump is destroying American history, culture, society. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #2
I agree Grim Chieftain 14 hrs ago #4
White males are only 30% of the US population, and ruling like Satanic Hitler clones. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #5
Agree completely Grim Chieftain 14 hrs ago #6
yes DonCoquixote 13 hrs ago #18
Agree 100% Frances 12 hrs ago #23
I wonder what the gestation machines will look like. ananda 14 hrs ago #7
Are they making plans to stuff Kristi Noem when the time comes? delisen 13 hrs ago #12
I'm surprised they didn't shut the whole thing down underpants 14 hrs ago #3
It's horrible hannah 14 hrs ago #9
It is probably a good thing the items are being returned, to prevent potential looting yellowdogintexas 12 hrs ago #32
This is the prelude to that happening. JHB 11 hrs ago #37
Let's just erase all our history. Start fresh with TSF sinkingfeeling 13 hrs ago #10
My god we have to find a way to stop this! MuseRider 13 hrs ago #11
That's outrageous wendyb-NC 13 hrs ago #13
James Smithson would be appalled at what is happening by the bigots in this country erronis 13 hrs ago #14
Yup, he explicitly wanted the US to gain more knowledge and understanding IronLionZion 13 hrs ago #16
From the "you can't erase history" people IronLionZion 13 hrs ago #15
How low can they go, lower than anyone even imagined. OverBurn 13 hrs ago #17
It's monstrous! Revisionists! surfered 13 hrs ago #19
This is disgusting and disturbing. Behind the Aegis 13 hrs ago #20
Who ARE these weak, cowardly, insecure beta-males... dchill 13 hrs ago #21
This sort of thing is obscene and should be front page news. The only reason that highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #22
Racism it is what is for breakfast with Trump. Botany 12 hrs ago #25
No they should all stand together and tell Trump to FUCK OFF. Bengus81 12 hrs ago #29
GOD DAMN the smithsonian for kissing that fucking orange RAPIST/TRAITOR**'s niyad 12 hrs ago #26
WTF? Bengus81 12 hrs ago #28
Trump's works to outrage people Keepthesoulalive 12 hrs ago #30
But tearing downa a confederate statue is "removing history" SSJVegeta 12 hrs ago #33
The museum says it is merely returning items on loan, as per standard niyad 12 hrs ago #34
"WHITE-washing" history Skittles 7 hrs ago #38
trump is the curator of RACISM Blue Owl 7 hrs ago #39

CrispyQ

(39,529 posts)
1. I have no words for how angry this makes me.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:46 PM
14 hrs ago


White-man culture. That's all we'll be allowed if someone doesn't stop this shit.

calimary

(85,984 posts)
35. And even more alienated than I was, before.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:47 PM
11 hrs ago

I keep reminding myself that “NOTHING lasts forever. Not even the donald.” But I’m not sure I’ll live long enough to see that.

Irish_Dem

(68,774 posts)
2. Trump is destroying American history, culture, society.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:48 PM
14 hrs ago

Only white christian males will be left.

Grim Chieftain

(96 posts)
4. I agree
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:23 PM
14 hrs ago

These white Christian males are following someone who is more like Satan and Hitler than Christ.

Frances

(8,585 posts)
23. Agree 100%
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:53 PM
12 hrs ago

Old Testsment: Trump has broken several of the Ten Commandments multiple times.
New Testatment: Trump’s actions are the opposite of Jesus’ parable about the Good Samaritan
And the opposite of Jesus’ words, “ Suffer the little children to come to me.” Trump is separating the little children from their parents. And he is deporting American born pre-school children with cancer.
On Judgment day, Trump supporters will not be standing with the sheep. Trump supporters will be standing with the goats.
Trump is leading his supporters straight to hell.
That’s if you believe the Bible.

delisen

(6,947 posts)
12. Are they making plans to stuff Kristi Noem when the time comes?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:02 PM
13 hrs ago

Or will they just exhibit her lips, her gun, and a dog to illustrate the ideal white patriarchal female?

Personally I think that Roy Rogers stuffing his horse, Trigger, for exhibition was ok, the full Kristi should also be memorialized. MAGA is not a halfway measures movement.

yellowdogintexas

(23,198 posts)
32. It is probably a good thing the items are being returned, to prevent potential looting
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:37 PM
12 hrs ago

and damage. There are some horrible people in this country these days, and there is always the potential for breakins and destruction of important items.

It is still absolutely disgusting.

MuseRider

(34,603 posts)
11. My god we have to find a way to stop this!
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:00 PM
13 hrs ago

At the very least we could scream about them until they grow sick of it (would they?) or we break apart beating our heads on the wall (something I am very good at) for fucking ever if needs be. We all need a person, at least, or persons in our own state governments to who would take on these issues with us, again at the very least.

We put together a coalition in Kansas to fight the Right who were going after the LGBTQ community. We started out full barreled. We ended up with some good law and a much better attitude in our state. As soon as those of us who did all that and we needed to rest it fell apart. Put together something and start working on it even if it is late and make as much noise as possible. DO it in 25 different ways and never stop. Toe to toe face them down. Remember to take the rests. You need to because if you have not done this it is brutal and I mean that. We have lost a lot of ground because those of us who started it were emotionally gone after the 10 or so years we spent building it. This is a whole different ball game but it is the same reason for fighting, it almost always is.

I have been down for a while, getting too old to do what I did before but I would do anything I could to help all this along. We HAVE NO CHOICE now and our legislators should be hearing that every waking minute.

This is our job but it is also theirs and if they are not interested we must make them do it. Let them see your name on their call list 5 or 10 times a day. Get your friends and go to their offices or at least call. That can sometimes be fun because they will tell you without saying it more than you can get out yourself. I haunted The RedNeck Rapper for some time. He would start "rapping" in his office the moment I walked in. It was just awful. BUT you have to do it. He did not change I seem to remember he did not say as much after so you never know but it was done.

EVERY DAY. Get a group and make a plan. You can fight it from anywhere.

erronis

(19,242 posts)
14. James Smithson would be appalled at what is happening by the bigots in this country
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:07 PM
13 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Smithson

Even though Smithson was a wealthy white man he donated his wealth (via a nephew Hungerford) towards knowledge:
I then bequeath the whole of my property, . . . to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men.[19]

IronLionZion

(48,574 posts)
16. Yup, he explicitly wanted the US to gain more knowledge and understanding
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:19 PM
13 hrs ago

a very noble goal.

IronLionZion

(48,574 posts)
15. From the "you can't erase history" people
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:15 PM
13 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:17 PM - Edit history (1)

this is what happens when people learn history from confederate statues instead of museums, books, or school. Doomed to repeat history.

Behind the Aegis

(55,297 posts)
20. This is disgusting and disturbing.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:39 PM
13 hrs ago

It is a fantastic museum. My husband I went a few years back and we were there for almost three hours! And that was moving at more than slow pace, but not brisk! We spent over $500 in the gift shop.

This is not "whitewashing", this is outright erasure. What about the other museums in the vicinity which shine a harsh, but accurate light on the history of the US and the world, including many exhibits in the main part of the Smithsonian itself?!

dchill

(42,139 posts)
21. Who ARE these weak, cowardly, insecure beta-males...
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:44 PM
13 hrs ago

...who are shitting out their souls and their pride while carrying out the wishes of their perceived alpha leaders? They cannot be repaired in time to save our country. Can they be stopped?

highplainsdem

(55,565 posts)
22. This sort of thing is obscene and should be front page news. The only reason that
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:44 PM
13 hrs ago

Trump's declining approval rating isn't much lower is that RW media covers almost none of what he's really doing, and MSM carry too little of it.

Botany

(73,949 posts)
25. Racism it is what is for breakfast with Trump.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:21 PM
12 hrs ago

Everybody working at the Smithsonian should quit. This will not change our history

niyad

(123,434 posts)
26. GOD DAMN the smithsonian for kissing that fucking orange RAPIST/TRAITOR**'s
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:23 PM
12 hrs ago

ass. I have lost all respect for them.

Bengus81

(8,716 posts)
28. WTF?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:28 PM
12 hrs ago

Hell...send Lindbergh's aircraft back to St. Louis and anything Apollo related back to NASA. Those flights never happened.

Oh boy....everyone can play the Trump game.

Keepthesoulalive

(1,195 posts)
30. Trump's works to outrage people
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:32 PM
12 hrs ago

It takes their minds off the other stuff he’s doing. Black people will persevere, he won’t erase our 300 year history in this country because many of us know it by heart. There is an oral tradition and because of the danger we face we teach our children.

niyad

(123,434 posts)
34. The museum says it is merely returning items on loan, as per standard
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:44 PM
12 hrs ago

museum practice.

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