Emmanuel Macron's statement comes 200 years after King Charles X recognized Haiti’s independence and imposed a massive debt on the country to compensate France for the loss of slave labor.
The civil rights group said the Trump administration was targeting programs that offer “truthful, inclusive curricula” and address racism, among other efforts.
Rita Daniels, the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, said she was “devastated” when she saw the National Park Service had softened language on its website.
Initial changes to the NPS site included removing Tubman’s picture from the top of the page and making multiple edits to the text to exclude references to slavery.