Led to the beats of African drums, faith leaders and civil rights activists link arms during the #HandsOffOurHistory rally on May 3, a movement to protect the freedom to learn and uphold Black history amid the Trump administration’s attempts to take over the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

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