Educators, lawmakers, activists and faith leaders have launched efforts to teach Black history after a crackdown on more inclusive lesson plans.

  • Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    My husband, who grew up in the south, was taught about The War of Northern Aggression (that is what his teacher called the Civil War).

    I am having our kids read The Autobiography of Malcolm X and A People’s History of the United States.

    ETA: My kids’ Elementary and Middle schools taught the book Stamped.

    ETA2: Are students in Florida going to know what the Underground Railroad even was?