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With stadium deal dead, Rays free to look elsewhere beyond 2028

Tampa Bay Times 02 Apr 2025
The celebrated agreement to build a $1.3 billion stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays near downtown St ... St ... That included jobs, opportunities for minority-owned businesses and $10 million for a home for the Woodson African American History Museum of Florida.
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Trump is whitewashing US history and embracing 'alternative facts'

The Hill 01 Apr 2025
I attended the opening of the African American museum in 2016 and have visited again, always moved by how Black Americans rose from slavery to fight for equality and assume our rightful place in our country.
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Critics see Trump attacks on 'Black Smithsonian' as effort to sanitize racism in US history

Journal Gazette 01 Apr 2025
The African American museum, one of 21 distinct Smithsonian entities, opened along the National Mall in 2016, the last year that President Barack Obama held office as the nation’s first Black chief executive.
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Relief for African American Vendors After Donald Trump Airport Renaming Effort Fails

The Tennessee Tribune 01 Apr 2025
There’s the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of the American Indian, neither of which tells the story of America from a sanitized, right-wing perspective.
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ERASING BLACK HISTORY IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL

The Tennessee Tribune 01 Apr 2025
this spring,” said Frank Smith, founder and executive director of the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial, a few blocks from the Mall ... museum at its same location on Vermont Avenue in N.W.
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2025’s best spring vacation spots for families

Usatoday 01 Apr 2025
The monuments along the National Mall and the Smithsonian museums, such as the National Museum of Natural History and National Museum of African American History and Culture, are among the must-dos, ...
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Why is the Trump Administration Threatening the National Museum of African American History and Culture?

New Orleans Tribune 31 Mar 2025
On Thursday (March 27), Trump signed an executive order targeting The Smithsonian Institution, a vast collection of research centers, museums and galleries, including National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist

The Observer 31 Mar 2025
... the National Museum of African American History and Culture; and an exhibition titled The Shape of Power ... I visited the Museum of African American History for the first time a couple of weeks ago.
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As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways ...

The Guardian 31 Mar 2025
... for celebrating transgender women (the museum, it should be pointed out, has yet to be built); the National Museum of African American History and Culture; and an exhibition titled The Shape of Power.
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Want to learn more about Packers history? Here are four exhibits running during the NFL draft

Green Bay Press Gazette 31 Mar 2025
Green Bay-area museums and a college are giving residents and 2025 NFL draft attendees the opportunity to learn more about the Green Bay Packers through exhibits and events ... It highlights a portion of the museum's award-winning "Delay of Game.
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Temperance's Austin Ingall one of 10 in U.S. named to American Battlefield Trust Youth Team

Daily Telegram 31 Mar 2025
Juneteenth’s history and meaning explained by African American Civil War Museum director. Frank Smith, director of the African American Civil War Museum, explains the origin of Juneteenth and its journey to becoming a national holiday.
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Challenging Perceptions, Museum Puts Greeks of African Origin in Spotlight

Balkan Insight 31 Mar 2025
An Athens museum has invited people of African descent in Greece to tell their stories for an innovative exhibition about communities that are still largely ignored by Greek society ....
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People on the Move

The Philadelphia Tribune 31 Mar 2025
New vice president at city's African American museum ....
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