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Most Americans still don’t know the full story of slavery. This is the history you didn’t learn in school. #1619project nyti.ms/31JdwfM
With essays by @kitastew, @NMAAHC curator Mary Elliot and @jazzedloon, our special section of the #1619project explores why the true history of slavery still remains unknown among most Americans nyti.ms/31W3JmJ
@kitastew @NMAAHC @jazzedloon Textbooks no longer publish overt racist lies, but the United States still struggles to teach children about slavery.
Why is slavery is mistaught — and worse — in American schools?
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Why is slavery is mistaught — and worse — in American schools?
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@kitastew @NMAAHC @jazzedloon “Think about what it would mean for our education system to properly teach students — young children and teenagers — about enslavement, what they would have to learn about our country. It’s ugly,” writes @kitastew nyti.ms/2zczUSA
@kitastew @NMAAHC @jazzedloon We want to know how you were taught about slavery in school — whether through demonstrations, textbooks, worksheets or any other methods. Please use the form below to share your stories nyti.ms/2z9zKvh
@kitastew @NMAAHC @jazzedloon A child's shackles, a West African legacy, a black sergeant in the Union Army — a brief history of slavery that has never been taught adequately nyti.ms/2zg08mV
