At the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. They explore how museums shape national identity. They also historicize the current political attacks aiming to erase Black narratives, as institutions like the Smithsonian and Whitney Plantation face censorship and defunding because of executive orders.
This episode outlines why defending America's memory is essential to defending democracy itself.
Dive deeper:
Learn more about The Legacy Museum here: https://legacysites.eji.org/about/museum/
Learn about the Freedom to Learn Network's National Week of Action here: https://www.freedomtolearn.net/
This episode used clips from:
ABC News 7 WJLA
Harvard Historian Responds to Trump’s Order Targeting the Smithsonian | Amanpour and Company
WUSA9 Gov. Moore reacts to changes at Smithsonian
Hosted and co-written by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Sr Producer and co-writer Nicole Edwards
Mixing by Sean Dunnam
Scripting support from Kevin Minofu, Kristin Penner, Meredith Shiner, and Tim Wise.
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
