Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to Retire Amid Political Pressure
Lonnie Bunch, the first Black secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, has announced his retirement following sustained political pressure and public clashes with the Trump administration. His departure marks the end of a decade-long tenure defined by efforts to modernize the museum network amid growing ideological disputes.
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Smithsonian Institution secretary to retire amid Trump attacks on museum independence
‘I have to be honest, it has been stressful,’ Lonnie Bunch III says The Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, will retire at the end of the year amid Donald Trump’s attacks on the museum’s content and independence. Bunch, who was appointed in 2019 as the first African American to lead the museums, cited personal reasons for departing, while acknowledging the pressure that the president’s attacks on the Smithsonian’s depictions of US history had taken. Continue reading...
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Lonnie Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian as its secretary for the past seven years, said that he will step down at the end of the year. His departure comes amid repeated criticism from the Trump administration over how the institution depicts and descrives historical events and figures. In an interview with The New York […]
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