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CAA has signed on to the American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) joint statement on Federal Censorship of American History.  

We stand with AHA and OAH in recognizing the historical dangers of censorship and in condemning “…recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. New policies that purge words, phrases, and content that some officials deem suspect on ideological grounds constitute a systemic campaign to distort, manipulate, and erase significant parts of the historical record. Recent directives insidiously prioritize narrow ideology over historical research, historical accuracy, and the actual experiences of Americans.”

OTHER LEARNED SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE AHA-OAH JOINT STATEMENT  

American Academy of Religion
American Studies Association
Association of University Presses
Conference on Asian History
Education for All
French Colonial Historical Society
Historians for Peace and Democracy
Labor and Working-Class History Association
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council on Public History
Network of Concerned Historians
North American Conference on British Studies
PEN America
Society for US Intellectual History
Society of Architectural Historians
Western History Association
World History Association