Trump Attacks Black History: CNN Debate on Erasing Slavery from Museums

In this powerful discussion from CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip, Bakari Sellers joins Leah Wright Rigueur, Scott Jennings, Batya Ungar-Sargon, and Sabrina Singh to respond to Donald Trump’s latest remarks about revising the Smithsonian’s coverage of slavery. The panel unpacks the political agenda behind rewriting history, the purpose of museums, the legacy of slavery, and why we must confront our past to understand our present.

SOURCE: Bakari Sellers | CNN / Youtube – 8/20/2025

“Until we adopt a holistic, comprehensive and egalitarian attitude to the phenomenon of slavery, I am afraid it is going to be with us for a very long time.” – Wole Soyinka – 3/29/2025 at United Nations | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.