And it is a story that doesn’t need to be whitewashed. About US is a forum to explore issues of race and identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. In most history books ...

“It’s an attempt to whitewash our history,” said a disappointed Thompson said after the meeting. Civil rights and other community groups had sent a letter to the state earlier this week ...

Kamala Harris: “In the state of Florida ... and really try to whitewash history in a lot of ways. And when I say whitewash, I mean that literally. I took a look at the standards this morning ...

These numbers speak to how government-led historic preservation in the US has long been a whitewashed undertaking ... Register of Historic Places, the State Historic Preservation Offices, and ...