06-05-2025
Trump's Wishes Aside, Censoring Racial History May Prove Difficult
Late last month, when two federal grants to the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana were rescinded, the Trump administration seemed to be following through on its promise to root out what President Trump called 'improper ideology' in cultural institutions focused on Black history.
After all, the plantation's mission was to show visitors what life was truly like for the enslaved, contrary to the watered-down Black history that the president seemed to back.
Then just as quickly, the grants were restored a few weeks later, the Whitney Plantation's executive director said in an interview.
Because the money had already been approved, 'maybe it was an exposure for lawsuits,' the executive director, Ashley Rogers, said, 'but who knows?'
