Erasing History to Control the Future | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 6, 2026 · 1m

A powerful reckoning with America’s racial past is unfolding as some push to rewrite history, erasing the struggles from slavery to Jim Crow and beyond. The Justice and Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, stands as a defiant beacon, confronting uncomfortable truths head-on. Behind this effort lies the Equal Justice Initiative, committed to preserving an accurate, unvarnished record — because ignoring history doesn’t make it go away; it distorts the present and blocks real progress. The question isn’t just what we remember — it’s what kind of future we’re building: one rooted in truth, or…