Bishop Earl Jackson denounces Smithsonian exhibits as anti-American indoctrination

In an interview, Bishop Earl Jackson, whose great-grandparents were enslaved, condemned the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for what he called anti-American indoctrination. He cited a White House Domestic Policy Council report that accused the museum of “ideological capture” and pointed to director Anthea Hartig’s remarks that history should serve social-justice goals. Jackson argued that history should present facts and let individuals draw their own conclusions, not foster resentment toward the nation.

He also recalled confronting the National Portrait Gallery in 2015 over the placement of Margaret Sanger, whom he described as an elitist eugenicist. Jackson blamed the spread of Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” and related educational materials for shaping a negative view of America. He concluded that despite his ancestry, he views the United States as a land of opportunity and gratitude.