The Institutions Fighting to Save Black History Under Trump

With federal funding slashed, libraries and museums across the country have been forced to find new ways to tell their stories

The Institutions Fighting to Save Black History Under Trump Skip to Content Fashion Beauty Shopping Celebrity Culture Weddings More 10 min read In May 2025, Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana, the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the South, burned to the ground. Images of the big white columns at the front of the house engulfed in flames spread across social media. At first, they were accompanied only by the original audio of the wood burning. Many people noted it sounded like applause. But then came the remixes. People played gospel songs, hymns, Beyoncé’s latest country track, and peren

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