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Philadelphia’s Slavery Panels Under Fire | Tulsa News
A heated controversy erupts at Philadelphia’s President’s House as new historical panels replace ones from 2010 that boldly detailed the lives of nine enslaved people who lived there with George and Martha Washington. Critics slam the updated displays for downplaying slavery’s brutality, omitting key visuals like slave trade maps and blunt headlines exposing the “dirty business of slavery.” The changes followed a 2025 executive order urging federal sites to highlight American achievements and avoid content that “disparages” the past. A lower court initially blocked the panels, but an appeals…
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