The Quiet Deletion of Black History Within Federal Agencies — and the Fight to Stop It

Written by on May 11, 2025

Alan Spears remembers visiting Gettysburg National Military Park with his parents in the 1970s. They wanted something educational, free, and fun to do with their only son, and the park was an obvious choice, given Spears’ interests — his favorite television show as a child was The Rat Patrol, about soldiers during World War II.

It was there, at the Pennsylvania park, a roughly 1½-hour drive from Washington, D.C., that Spears became infatuated with history: the cannons everywhere, the statues of soldiers holding guns.

“I fell in love with war the way . . .



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