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Black History Month Is Different This Year

Feb 19, 202627:30News & Politics

The Trump administration is trying to sanitize U.S. history by removing mentions of slavery on historic monuments, scrubbing words such as “oppression” from government websites, and obscuring the legacy of Black American...

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Black History Month Is Different This Year is an episode from Radio Atlantic by The Atlantic. The Trump administration is trying to sanitize U.S. history by removing mentions of slavery on historic monuments, scrubbing words such as “oppres...

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Published Feb 19, 2026, 27:30 long, audio available.

Black History Month Is Different This Year

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