National park conservancy groups are calling out the Trump administration for attempting to have national monuments of the likes of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, removed due to anti-DEI policies, CBS News reports.
While there are 138 national monuments across the U.S., budget cuts at the hands of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are threatening to eliminate the budget for National Park Service (NPS) by roughly $1 billion, putting the monuments of Emmett Till, whose brutal killing was a pivotal event of the Civil Rights movement, at risk. “We are seeing this effort to erase and reverse history and historic preservation,” said historian and Senior Director of Cultural Resources and Government Affairs for the National Parks Conservation Association Alan Spears. Read more at www.blackenterprise.com.
