WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore Black history exhibits and other historical content removed from national parks across the country. The administration has 21 days to comply with the ruling.
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley of Boston found that the administration had systematically removed historically accurate exhibits and displays addressing slavery, civil rights, Indigenous communities and climate science.
The ruling cited several high-profile examples, including slavery exhibits removed from Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park, where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
At Harpers Ferry in West Virginia, where abolitionist John Brown led his famous 1859 raid, historical displays were flagged for removal. Civil rights markers along the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama were also targeted. In Kansas, the permanent exhibit at Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park was flagged because it contained the word “equity.”
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