"Following presidential custom, Trump issued a National Black History Month proclamation on Feb. 3 that maintained "black history is not distinct from American history - rather, the history of Black Americans is an indispensable chapter in our grand American story." Yes, but: Its rhetoric, critics say, stands in tension with the Trump administration's recent actions, raising questions about whether commemoration without context ultimately obscures more than it honors."
"A National Urban League roundtable last month warned that rollbacks of voting rights, diversity initiatives and how history is taught are reinforcing fears that hard-won civil-rights protections are at risk. What they're saying: "This isn't a break from American history. It's the continuation of it," Michael Harriot, author of " Black AF History," tells Axios. "The country was founded on the idea that some people get to define freedom and democracy - and others are excluded from it.""
Trump issued a Black History Month proclamation asserting that black history is an indispensable chapter of American history. Critics say the proclamation's rhetoric stands in tension with administration actions that include an anti-DEI mandate and rollbacks of voting-rights protections, diversity initiatives and educational content. Federal agencies and cultural institutions have deleted or revised Black history materials and removed exhibits documenting slavery and mistreatment of Native Americans. Onyx Impact reported more than 6,700 deleted federal datasets, including data on maternal mortality, sickle cell disease and environmental exposure in historically redlined neighborhoods. Polling indicates these changes are fragmenting a shared national historical narrative.
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