This is how reconstruction was taught before the civil rights movement. This is from _American History_ by David Saville Muzzey published in 1911. They were almost all like this, despite the long history of objections by the black community. 🧵

https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1470028900948447245

Lawrence Reddick in 1934: “The picture presented of the Negro is altogether unfavorable: As a slave he was happy and docile. As a freedman he was shiftless, sometimes vicious, and easily led into corruption. As a freeman his activities have not been worthy of note.”

This book is recommended by Moms for Liberty, a group trying to ban books about the civil rights movement. Let’s take a quick peak inside. The main section on slavery is outrageous. 🧵

https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1440687051888754704

I am genuinely speechless.

1/n - In honor of the final day of banned books week, lets take a look at the history of banning, challenging and censoring social studies textbooks in the US. 🧵 #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2021 2/n - Before we get to books that were outright banned, I'd like to note that people have been complaining about textbooks for a long time. For example, this clipping from 1836 is from the prospectus of a publishing company.