{"id":118732,"date":"2021-02-05T12:11:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118732"},"modified":"2021-02-05T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:13:07","slug":"black-lawmakers-leaders-slam-black-history-museum-say-clarence-thomas-exhibit-falls-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lawmakers-leaders-slam-black-history-museum-say-clarence-thomas-exhibit-falls-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lawmakers, Leaders Slam Black History Museum, Say Clarence Thomas Exhibit \u2018Falls Short\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-lawmakers-leaders-slam-black-history-museum-say-clarence-thomas-exhibit-falls-short%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1066751994.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A group of black Republican lawmakers and leaders are pushing the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., to overhaul its exhibit on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, saying the current one \u201cfalls short.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) wrote a letter to the museum\u2019s leaders, pushing them to add to Thomas\u2019 exhibit as the second black American to sit on the Supreme Court. Donalds\u2019 letter was also signed by fellow black lawmakers Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT). Dr. Alveda King, The Heritage Foundation president Kay Coles James, GOP commentator Paris Dennard, and others also signed on to the letter, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/black-gop-lawmakers-national-museum-of-african-american-history-clarence-thomas\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis museum is a national treasure for our nation\u2019s fabric \u2013 this is especially true for me as a Black American and Republican,\u201d Donalds wrote. Donalds sent his letter to the museum at the beginning of February, which is also celebrated as Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack History transcends political correctness and partisanship,\u201d he continued. \u201cOverall, the NMAAHC honors its mission, but it is unfortunate to see pitfalls likely driven by irresponsible bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClarence Thomas, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is a notable figure in Black history and American history as one of only two Black men to serve on the nation\u2019s highest court,\u201d he wrote. Thomas \u201cpersevered to become a stalwart figure in the American judicial system and history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1991\/07\/02\/us\/from-poverty-to-the-bench-clarence-thomas.html\">descendant<\/a> of slaves, was sent at a young age to live with his grandparents because his single mother struggled to provide for him and his younger brother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Black man who has a profound respect for the contributions Justice Thomas has propitiated for generations to come, this museum must encapsulate his life as it does for hundreds of other monumental Black figures,\u201d Donalds wrote. He concluded his letter saying that Thomas\u2019 exhibit in the museum \u201cfalls short\u201d of honoring the contributions of the supreme court justice when compared to his predecessor, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019 place in the museum has been controversial since the museum\u2019s opening in 2016. When the museum first opened its doors, Thomas\u2019 contributions to the legal profession were not mentioned in what some critics alleged was evidence of the political bias of the museum\u2019s curators.<\/p>\n<p>The late Ronald Rotunda, then a law professor at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/sep\/25\/clarence-thomas-spot-african-american-museum\/\">slammed<\/a> the museum in 2017 after it added mention of Thomas\u2019 work in an exhibit with Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Thurgood Marshall, he has been a very influential justice, and like Thurgood Marshall, he has risen from humble beginnings,\u201d Rotunda said. \u201cHis father left him, his grandparents raised him. The 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. turned him to the law. He left a successful corporate law practice and turned to public service. That path led him to the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rotunda said he was surprised \u201cthat it has taken so long\u201d for the museum add Thomas to an exhibit and honor him as a \u201cseminal figure on the U.S. Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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