The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its ...

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Librarians and museum leaders warn key programs are at risk as Trump targets the Institute of Museum and Library Services ...

The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground ...

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In Young's absence, Shanita Brackett, the museum's director of operations, has been appointed interim director.

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Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...