Great-grandson of slaves has warning about Smithsonian’s anti-American ‘indoctrination’

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 10, 2026 · 938 words · By Fox News

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Great-grandson of slaves has warning about Smithsonian’s anti-American ‘indoctrination’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Black bishop and author Earl Walker Jackson, a descendant of enslaved ancestors, is criticizing the Smithsonian National Museum of American History for what he said amounts to anti-American “indoctrination” against the…

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“It makes me angry when people do this to our country, but it’s sad too because what it tells me is that the indoctrination machine is hard at work convincing people [of] this narrative,” he said.

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Claim 1: “materials currently promoted by the Zinn Education Project that draw a line between deportation operations today and Great Depression-era deportations, which the materials say derived from “a program of ‘racial expulsion,’ rooted in racism.””

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Web search results confirm the Zinn Education Project has teaching materials titled 'Deportations on Trial: Mexican Americans During the Great Depression', supporting the claim that they link these historical events to deportation operations.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zinn Education Project. Teaching Materials.Deportations on Trial: Mexican Americans During the Great Depression.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/deportations-mexican…

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web search NEUTRAL — Copy link. Info. Shopping.Mays Producer for Business Development: Liz Kummer Operations Manager: Marshall A. Pease Operations Coordinator: Sara Faltersack Financial Operations Specialist: Natalie Lewi…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIHHvwS3KA

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web search NEUTRAL — The Zinn Education Project. Curriculum. The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country.
https://hometrail.net/homeschooling-resources/curriculum/the…

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Claim 2: “Jackson said Howard Zinn “was a professed anarchist””

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The provided evidence for claim 6 contains Wikipedia entries for Howard University and Howard Stern, but nothing regarding Howard Zinn or his status as an anarchist.

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web search NEUTRAL — Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University

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web search NEUTRAL — Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) [2] is an American broadcaster, comedian, and media personality. [3] He is best known for The Howard Stern Show, which rose to prominence through national sy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stern

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 10, 2026 · Welcome to the home of excellence in truth and service. Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, historically Black research institution.
https://howard.edu/

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Claim 3: “Black bishop and author Earl Walker Jackson, a descendant of enslaved ancestors”

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Wikipedia confirms Earl Walker Jackson Sr. is an American Protestant minister (bishop) and lawyer. A cross-reference from Flipboard explicitly describes him as a 'Black bishop and author Earl Walker Jackson, a descendant of enslaved ancestors'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — B-Boy Blues is a 2021 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jussie Smollett (in his feature directorial debut) and based on James Earl Hardy's (who also co-wrote the script) 1994 book abo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-Boy_Blues

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Earl Walker Jackson Sr. (born January 13, 1952) is an American Protestant minister, lawyer, and perennial candidate. He was a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. He was the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._W._Jackson

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rachel Jackson (née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where sh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Jackson

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Claim 4: “In July, the White House Domestic Policy Council released its 162-page “Saving America’s Story” report, concluding that the NMAH has undergone “ideological capture.””

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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of the Domestic Policy Council, none of the provided evidence mentions a report titled 'Saving America’s Story' or the phrase 'ideological capture'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for the consideration of domestic policy matters and senior policymaking, and includes Cabinet membe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The White House Office is headed by the White House chief of staff, who is also the head of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy (also known as the Climate Policy Office or CPO) was an office created in the Biden Administration within the White House Office.. It was headed by th…
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Claim 5: “NMAH Director Anthea Hartig, who has led the museum since 2019”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that Anthea Marie Hartig is the director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and was appointed beginning in 2019.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthea Marie Hartig (born 1964) is an American historian and museum administrator who is the director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The Smith…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthea_M._Hartig

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Gray is an American businessman and museum administrator. He was the director of the National Museum of American History until 2018 and a former president and CEO of the Autry National Center.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gray_(museum_administrato…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center is a historical museum in Washington, D.C. It collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_Hi…

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Claim 6: “A resurfaced video of a presentation by Hartig shows her calling “history as a practice” a “prime tool of social justice.””

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a video exists of Anthea Hartig calling history as a practice a 'prime tool of social justice'.

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web search NEUTRAL — She argued that true redress “should leverage responsibility,” involve “the act of correction,” and pursue “restorative justice through history.” Later in the presentation, Hartig stated plainly that …
https://slaynews.com/smithsonian-leftist-director-declares-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — However, during her presentation at UCLA, Hartig outlined an institutional approach centered on equity and restorative justice. In her remarks, she argued that "the long and violent racial history of …
https://voz.us/en/updates/260806/38047/leaked-video-shows-th…

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web search NEUTRAL — A resurfaced video shows Smithsonian museum director Anthea Hartig calling history a "prime tool of social justice" and touting reparations and equity.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/smithsonian-director-admits…

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Claim 7: “In a presentation to University of California, Los Angeles, students in February 2025, Hartig asserted that the “United States’ long and violent racial history continues to be present in our reckoning”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Anthea Hartig gave a presentation to UCLA students in February 2025 regarding the United States' racial history.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthea M. Hartig is an American historian and museum administrator who is the director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian trustees…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthea_M._Hartig

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web search NEUTRAL — Conservative Black voices challenge the Smithsonian's woke narrative on Black American history and U.S. heritage.Hartig drank the Kool-Aid long ago, and it oozes through all of her work. In a presenta…
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/08/10/african-descendan…

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web search NEUTRAL — In the recording, which captures a lecture delivered in February 2025 to students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the director of the National Museum of American History, Anthea H…
https://voz.us/en/updates/260806/38047/leaked-video-shows-th…

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Claim 8: “In 2015, he confronted the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery over the inclusion of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger in its exhibit on civil rights leaders.”

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The claim is present in the original context, but the provided evidence for claim 5 consists of generic Wikipedia entries for the year 2015 and unrelated people. No independent evidence in the provided set corroborates the specific protest against Margaret Sanger.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon (née Stanhope; born 1 March 1970) is a British aristocrat. She is the estranged wife of David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of progressive country artists with articles on Wikipedia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Margaret Avery is an American actress. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including Cool Breeze (1972), Which Way Is Up? (1977), Scott Joplin (1977) which ea…
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