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Bishop Blames Smithsonian Museum for “Woke” Indoctrination

8/11/2026

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Earl Walker Jackson, Black bishop, accused the Smithsonian’s American History Museum of anti-American indoctrination.
He said the exhibits follow a “woke” capture described in the White House’s 162-page “Saving America’s Story” report and blamed Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History” for spreading anarchist views in schools.
The report spurred congressional hearings that questioned director Anthea Hartig, whose Feb 2025 UCLA talk called history a “prime tool of social justice.”

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Earl Walker Jackson, Black bishop, accused the Smithsonian’s American History Museum of anti-American indoctrination.
He said the exhibits follow a “woke” capture described in the White House’s 162-page “Saving America’s Story” report and blamed Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History” for spreading anarchist views in schools.
The report spurred congressional hearings that questioned director Anthea Hartig, whose Feb 2025 UCLA talk called history a “prime tool of social justice.”