Kevin Young, who took the helm in 2021, has been absent from his position since March 14 for an “undetermined period.” As President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda turns its attention to the ...

Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, has stepped down. He announced his departure in a memo to museum staff, said Smithsonian ...

By Graham Bowley Jennifer Schuessler and Robin Pogrebin Kevin Young, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, stepped down on Friday after four ...

THE SMITHSONIAN DRAMA CONTINUES, with the Washington Postreporting yesterday that Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and C ...

Young, who has served as director since 2021, is on leave for an “undetermined period,” Kevin Gover, Smithsonian under ...

In Young's absence, Shanita Brackett, the museum's director of operations, has been appointed interim director.

The Post reported that a museum spokesperson said Young would be out for an "undetermined period." Young has been director of the museum, one of many run by the Smithsonian Instit ...

Poet Kevin Young, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) since 2021, has been placed on personal leave indefinitely.