National Park Service restores Underground Railroad webpage
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The National Park Service has edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on Harriet Tubman, instead highlighting “Black/White cooperation.”
From Rolling Stone
The National Park Service rewrote — then restored — the Underground Railroad story and reposted a deleted photo of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
From Axios
A spokesperson for the National Park Service told CNN that changes to the page had been made “without approval” from the agency’s leadership, and that the old version was “immediately restored.”
From The New York Times
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An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.
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