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https://news.wjct.org/show/first-coas... Protecting Black history Museums have the power — and sometimes the obligation — to preserve and shape the stories that define us. That job has gotten far more complicated in an age of DEI backlash, as elected officials try to reshape or even whitewash those stories. The challenge is no different for the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, which was established in 1991 at the Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Dr. Russ Wigginton, the museum’s current president, noted in a September 2025 op-ed that Black history museums around the country face challenges due to “sweeping federal oversight.” He writes: “This isn’t just a polarized disagreement. It’s a calculated campaign to rewrite, repress and reframe America’s racial history into what some might consider a more comfortable or easier-to-digest narrative.” Wigginton explains how his museum is responding to bureaucratic challenges and shares his own family's history with racial activism ahead of his presentation at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. Guest: Dr. Russ Wigginton, president, National Civil Rights Museum