SMITHSONIAN HIT WITH LAWSUIT TO STOP BENIN BRONZE TRANSFER TO NIGERIA

The Restitution Study Group (RSG), a New York-metro area non-profit concerned with slavery justice, and its Executive Director, Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, are Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday, October 7, 2022, against the Smithsonian Institution in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. They accuse the Smithsonian of breach of trust for failing to protect the interests of United States Citizens descended from enslaved people. Instead, the Smithsonian made the decision to transfer ownership of 29 Benin bronzes to the Republic of Nigeria and the Benin Kingdom. The Smithsonian plans to make this transfer at a private ceremony on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. Plaintiffs seek to stop the transfer.
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