The National Archives apologized and will remove an altered photo of the 2017 Women's March.
in a display that included photos from the 2017 marches. In addition, the agency also blurred signs that referenced women’s anatomy,The censored photo is a Getty photo taken by Mario Tama at the 2017 Women’s March. In it, a 1913 black-and-white image is blurred into a 2017 image on Pennsylvania Avenue as the viewer changes perspective. The photo was part of an exhibit celebrating the Women’s suffrage movement.
National Archives spokesperson Miriam Kleiman explained the reasoning behind the censorship in an emailed statement to“As a non-partisan, non-political federal agency, we blurred references to the president’s name on some posters, so as not to engage in current political controversy,” said Kleiman. “Our mission is to safeguard and provide access to the nation’s most important federal records, and our exhibits are one way in which we connect the American people to those records.
In response to the censorship, many Women’s March attendees took to Twitter to speak out against the practice. Hey, National Archives, blur this:
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