Timeline
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July 2020
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Detroit Institute of Art Action Group Calls for Director's Resignation
Protest, Racism, Staff
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June 2020
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Op-ed: Kelli Morgan "To Bear Witness: Real Talk about White Supremacy in Art Museums Today"
Racism, Staff, White Supremacy
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SFMOMA Staffers Condemn ‘Racist Censorship’ and Institutional Inequities in Letter Calling for Change
Racism, Staff, White Supremacy
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Public Letter: Andrea Montiel de Shuman "No longer in extremis."
Racism, Resignation, Staff, White Supremacy
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Open letters from BIPOC staff and allies at SFMOMA, Guggenheim, Brooklyn, MFA Boston, etc.
Open letter, Racism, Staff
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Launch of Change The Museum (@changethemuseum Instagram account)
Racism, Staff, White Supremacy
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Founding of Cultural New Deal
Racism, Staff
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May 2020
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Murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis
Broader Culture, Racism
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March 2020
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Murder of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky
Broader Culture, Racism
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February 2020
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Murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
Broader Culture, Racism
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July 2019
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Op-ed: Xaviera Simmons "Whiteness must undo itself to make way for the truly radical turn in contemporary culture"
Racism, Whiteness
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September 2018
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Report: The Burns Halperin Report on African American artists
Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Racism
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