‘We know the truth’: Philadelphians fight Trump’s erasure of history

Over the last six months, activists have ensured the US doesn't forget enslavement in the nation's first capital

On an overcast day, Tiffany Cooper, a visitor, snapped a photo of a panel about an enslaved woman at the President's House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The remainder of the brick wall was blank, with bolts serving as the only reminder of the other panels that once stood there.

As a Black woman, Cooper said that she felt a deep sadness at the incompleteness" of the exhibit. It once detailed the lives of nine enslaved Africans who served George Washington when Philadelphia was the US capital in the 1790s.