The official word has become that the State Museum did not follow MO state law in securing permissions to display the exhibit and that's why it was taken down. I am not convinced by this explanation. /2
Sep 3, 2021 • 9 tweets • 12 min read
According to reports, a handful of Republican staffers & legislatures @MoGov statehouse pressured the @mohistorymuseum to remove an exhibit on #KansasCity’s #LGBTQ History. I helped curate the exhibit. Here’s what you need to know. /1
washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09…@MoGov@mohistorymuseum The exhibit is called “Making History: Kansas City & the Rise of Gay Rights.” It documents how in 1966 early gay rights activists met in KC in what became the first national LGBTQ meeting. You can read the exhibit here. /2
I observed my TAs leading discussion sections today in my US History survey. The topic was the New Left & identity politics, & among the things they had to read was SDS’s Port Huron statement. The student’s responses were fascinating. /1
After the TA had discussed the document & it’s contexts, I interjected to ask if the students found the Port Huron statement relevant at all. It was written by people like you, I noted. College students wanting to bring a new world into being. /2
