Zoom out: The rewriting of the Underground Railroad follows a purge of articles about soldiers of color on government websites following President Trump's executive order ending federal DEI initiatives. The U.S. Department of Defense removed articles about the famed Native American Code Talkers.

The National Park Service’s webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad once carried a banner quoting Harriet Tubman, the most famous guide along the secret network of safehouses moving escaped slaves to free states.

Several historians criticized the revisionist history enacted through several changes to the National Park Service's website.