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A working group of Texas educators wants to omit the word “slavery” from second-grade social studies instruction and instead use The post Education proposal in Texas would replace ‘slavery ...
Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as “involuntary relocation” under new social studies standards proposed to the state's education board. A group of nine ...
The Florida Board of Education passed new standards for teaching Black history in public schools Teachers enraged that Florida’s new Black history standards say slaves could ‘benefit’ Skip ...
Texas House Bill 3979 (HB 3979) is an act that relates to civics instruction and instruction policies in public schools in the state of Texas.A follow-up bill to HB 3079—TX Senate Bill 3 [1] —authored by Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) and others, which was filed on July 9, 2021, passed on July 16, 2021, and becomes law in December, limits the manner and extent to which students may learn ...
Texas seceded from the United States in 1861 and joined the Confederate States of America on the eve of the American Civil War. It replaced the pro-Union governor, Sam Houston, in the process. During the war, slavery in Texas was little affected, and prices for enslaved people remained high until the last few months of the war.
For another year, Florida public school students will continue to learn that Black Americans in some way benefited from slavery. On Wednesday, the Florida Board of Education approved the state's ...
The Negro in Texas, 1874–1900 (1971) Richter, William L. Overreached on All Sides: The Freedmen's Bureau Administrators in Texas, 1865–1868 (1991). Shabazz, Amilcar. Advancing Democracy: African Americans and the Struggle for Access and Equity in Higher Education in Texas (University of North Carolina Press, 2004);
Republican governor’s right-wing record could pose a roadblock to effort to win moderate voters