Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, has stepped down. He announced his departure in a memo to museum staff, said Smithsonian ...

By Graham Bowley Jennifer Schuessler and Robin Pogrebin Kevin Young, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, stepped down on Friday after four ...

Kevin Young, who took the helm in 2021, has been absent from his position since March 14 for an “undetermined period.” As President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda turns its attention to the ...

In Young's absence, Shanita Brackett, the museum's director of operations, has been appointed interim director.

The Post reported that a museum spokesperson said Young would be out for an "undetermined period." Young has been director of the museum, one of many run by the Smithsonian Instit ...

THE SMITHSONIAN DRAMA CONTINUES, with the Washington Postreporting yesterday that Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and C ...

Kevin Young resigns as director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, citing a desire to focus on ...

Young, who has served as director since 2021, is on leave for an “undetermined period,” Kevin Gover, Smithsonian under ...

Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), is currently on personal leave and not leading the museum, according to Smithsonian officials.

The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Kevin Young, has gone on personal leave, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing an internal email ...