‘Suggestions that the Smithsonian had planned or intended to remove these items are false’
In an official statement, The Smithsonian denied reports that the institution removed exhibit items from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The April 28 statement refers to reports that the Smithsonian removed the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting “unpatriotic ideology.”…