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Mississippi Museum Acquires Gun Linked to Emmett Till’s Murder  The New York Times 70 years after Emmett Till’s murder, Mississippi museum acquires gun used to kill him  NPR A Haunting Relic from America’s Past  The Atlantic Emmett Till family re-creates train ride from Chicago to Mississippi to mark 70th anniversary  Axios Train ride from Chicago to Mississippi marks 70 years since of Emmett Till’s …

A statue of Emmett Till is unveiled on October 21, 2022, in Greenwood, Miss., in memory of 14-year-old Emmett Till. His 1955 lynching is considered the spark that ignited the civil rights movement. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images JACKSON, Miss. — It’s been 70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from …

Trump Once Praised the Black History Museum That He Is Now Attacking  The New York Times Opinion | I visited the Smithsonian when I was 8. It inspired a passion.  The Washington Post Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art  NPR President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian  The White House (.gov) Amy Sherald: I wouldn’t let the Smithsonian …

A study published in PeerJ by paleontologists Sven Sachs and Daniel Madzia has reclassified a nearly complete plesiosaur skeleton found in 1978 in Holzmaden, Germany, as a new genus and species. Named Plesionectes longicollum, this Early Jurassic marine reptile had an extraordinarily long neck and unique skeletal features that challenge previous ideas about plesiosaur evolution during the Toarcian stage, about …

Welcome to our latest recap of what’s going on in the indie game space. This week, Nintendo held its latest Indie World showcase to spotlight titles that are coming to Switch and Switch 2, as well as some that arrived on the eShop on the day of the presentation. One of the latter was UFO 50, which featured on many …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Federal prosecutors secured an indictment Wednesday detailing nearly 10 charges connected with the killings of Israeli Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim earlier this year. The indictment against Elias Rodriguez includes counts of premeditated murder and hate crimes resulting in death. It also includes legal findings that authorize the Justice Department to pursue the …

Complex questions echo after a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum  Politico The Trump administration takes a very Orwellian turn  CNN Smithsonian to restore Trump to impeachment exhibit ‘in the coming weeks’  The Washington Post Smithsonian Statement  Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian impeachment exhibit erased Trump — for now  MSNBC News Source link

Smithsonian Institution says it will update exhibit to reflect all impeachments of US presidents following backlash. The parent organisation of a top-visited history museum in the United States has denied that political pressure played a role in the removal of a display about the impeachments of US President Donald Trump. The Smithsonian Institution, which runs the National Museum of American History …

A Former Rolling Stone Says the Met Has His Lost Guitar. The Museum Says No Way.  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

American history museum removes Trump’s name from impeachment exhibit  Reuters Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum  The Washington Post Smithsonian removes reference to Trump’s impeachments from presidency exhibit  CNN Smithsonian removes references to Trump’s impeachments from ‘Limits of Presidential Power’ exhibit — for now  ABC News Smithsonian’s removal of Trump from impeachment exhibit draws fire  The Hill Source link