This information should exist in public spaces as well — spaces like the slavery exhibit at the President’s House site in Philadelphia. That contradiction is deepened by the fact that the President’s House is only steps away from Independence Mall. Signs hang last month on the locations of the now-removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President's House Site in Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration in hopes of restoring the President’s House and once again including the stories of the nine enslaved individuals who lived there. He is a Public Voices Fellow at The OpEd Project, in partnership with the National Black Child Development Institute.

Source: Huffington Post February 10, 2026 17:21 UTC