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Lawmakers press National Park Service on reports it ordered removal of slavery photograph; NPS says implementation ongoing and will follow up
Summary
Ranking Member Jared Huffman and other Democrats pressed the National Park Service about press reports that a historic photograph documenting violence against enslaved people was removed from a park exhibit after a secretarial directive to screen exhibits.
Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D‑CA) and Representative Joe Neguse pressed the National Park Service over press reports and staff accounts that a widely distributed Civil War‑era photograph known as the "scourged back" was removed from an exhibit after a secretarial order to screen historical content for whether it "inappropriately disparage[s] Americans" or to emphasize uplifting themes.
Huffman said he had "good information" that the photograph had been removed at Fort Pulaski National Monument and called the action part of a broader effort he…
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