"If Sanger had her way, MLK and Rosa Parks would not have been born."
By Doug Mainwaring
Life Site News
In recent weeks, headlines from town and cities across America have highlighted the removal of statues commemorating Civil War-era confederate figures from public squares and buildings.
Yet a statue remains in Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution commemorating the one person responsible for the deaths of more African Americans that any other in history: Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood.
Asked about the continued presence of the bust at the museum, Linda St. Thomas, director of public affairs for the Smithsonian, emphasized to LifeSiteNews, “The Sanger statue has been there for many, many years.”
But so too have statues commemorating Confederate figures also been on display around the country for many, many years — until now.
Regarding the presence of Sanger’s bust in the Museum’s “Struggle for Justice” display, the pastors wrote a letter to the museum’s director, “Perhaps the Gallery is unaware that Ms. Sanger supported black eugenics, a racist attitude toward black and other minority babies; an elitist attitude toward those she regarded as ‘the feeble minded; speaking at rallies of Ku Klux Klan women; and communications with Hitler sympathizers.”
Their letter continues, “Also, the notorious ‘Negro Project’ which sought to limit, if not eliminate, black births, was her brain child. Despite these well-documented facts of history, her bust sits proudly in your gallery as a hero of justice. The obvious incongruity is staggering!”
Yet a statue remains in Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution commemorating the one person responsible for the deaths of more African Americans that any other in history: Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood.
“More than 19 million black babies have been aborted since the 1973 Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision legalized abortion in our country,” according to Michigan Right to Life’s website. “On average, 900 black babies are aborted every day in the United States.” Planned Parenthood is responsible for many of those abortions.In August 2015, a group of Black pastors gathered in front of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to make known their plea for the removal of Sanger’s bust from the museum. Their request was rejected and the bust of Planned Parenthood’s founder remains on display today.
Asked about the continued presence of the bust at the museum, Linda St. Thomas, director of public affairs for the Smithsonian, emphasized to LifeSiteNews, “The Sanger statue has been there for many, many years.”
But so too have statues commemorating Confederate figures also been on display around the country for many, many years — until now.
Regarding the presence of Sanger’s bust in the Museum’s “Struggle for Justice” display, the pastors wrote a letter to the museum’s director, “Perhaps the Gallery is unaware that Ms. Sanger supported black eugenics, a racist attitude toward black and other minority babies; an elitist attitude toward those she regarded as ‘the feeble minded; speaking at rallies of Ku Klux Klan women; and communications with Hitler sympathizers.”
Their letter continues, “Also, the notorious ‘Negro Project’ which sought to limit, if not eliminate, black births, was her brain child. Despite these well-documented facts of history, her bust sits proudly in your gallery as a hero of justice. The obvious incongruity is staggering!”
“Like Hitler, Sanger advocated eugenics — the extermination of people she deemed ‘undesirables,’” said the pastors. “Ironically, Sanger’s bust is featured in the NPG’s [National Portrait Gallery’s] ‘Struggle for Justice’ exhibit alongside two of America’s most celebrated and authentic champions of equal rights — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. If Sanger had her way, MLK and Rosa Parks would not have been born.”
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