Since assuming power, the Trump administration has aimed to guard the myth of America’s history as uniformly inclusive, above critique, and unifying, and it has protected the sensibilities of its predominantly white political base along the way. As a result, we’ve seen commemorations of African American history revised to soften the moral failings of the US and its founders, or removed and then restored after public backlash or a court order. Some items have been excised altogether from historical sites, including a well-known photo of an enslaved man with scars and a booklet about slavery at the former home of
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