Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.” Critics say Trump is trying to force a distorted national narrative that glosses over slavery and other historical wrongs. Some churches are donating as members of the museum and urging congregants to do the same. The Rev. Robert Turner recently walked from Baltimore to Washington and prayed at the museum entrance. Turner says he laid a wreath “to show solidarity with the museum" and the history it presents every day.
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