National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage | CNN
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An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.

Summary

The National Park Service removed Harriet Tubman’s image and quote from its “Underground Railroad” webpage, along with references to slavery and the Fugitive Slave Act.

The revision now emphasizes “American ideals of liberty” and downplays historical realities.

Historians and scholars condemned the move as a distortion of history and erasure of Tubman’s legacy.

The change aligns with broader Trump administration efforts to eliminate DEI content across federal sites, which critics say suppresses discussions of race, identity, and historical truth.

  • vinyl@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 days ago

    The articles title is clickbait, they didn’t remove the references, they rewrote them.

    Edit: I am not denying that it’s fucked up that they are touching this part of history, I just thought CNN’s title was clickbaity.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
      6·
      5 days ago

      They rewrote them in a way to de-emphasize her involvement and contribution and to over emphasize the involvement and contribution of white people. And slavery has also been de-emphasized as well.

      It’s an attempt to subtly erase black history. This is another white nationalist agenda item Trump’s administration is crossing of their to-do list.