Under Siege: Historic Black Sites Targeted, Activists Organize May 3 Action"

Reverend Shavon Arline-Bradley, president and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), announced a national mobilization for May 3 in Washington, D.C. Bradley urges the public to stand with the Smithsonian and defend endangered Black cultural institutions. Calling the attacks "consistent and deliberate," she accused the Trump administration of attempting to erase Black history. “Our ancestors have faced racism before,” Bradley declared during Black Press USA’s Let It Be Known news program, rallying collective action.