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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fair-housing-act-signed-into-law/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fair-housing-act-signed-into-law/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | ||
This Act was the result of years of grassroots organizing and protest across the United States. People demanded just treatment by landlords and equal access to housing in all parts of the country, not just in the “Jim Crow” segregated South. | This Act was the result of years of grassroots organizing and protest across the United States. People demanded just treatment by landlords and equal access to housing in all parts of the country, not just in the “Jim Crow” segregated South. | ||
=====Scholar says Trump’s efforts to reframe U.S. history is ‘reminiscent of McCarthyism’===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/scholar-says-trumps-efforts-to-reframe-u-s-history-is-reminiscent-of-mccarthyism by Amna Nawaz 20/8/25 PBS NEWS] | |||
President Trump described Smithsonian museums as “out of control” for emphasizing, in his view, “how bad slavery was.” It's part of a pattern by Trump in his second term to reframe historical narratives, in particular about racism and discrimination. Amna Nawaz spoke with historian Peniel Joseph for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and our CANVAS coverage. | |||
