Posted on Aug 1, 2023
Column: The story behind that Florida school curriculum that whitewashed slavery keeps getting...
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If there's a bet that you will almost always win, it's that no matter how crass and dishonest a right-wing claim may seem to be, the reality will be worse.
That's the case with Florida's effort to whitewash the truth about slavery via a set of standards for teaching African American history imposed on the state's public school teachers and students.
The curriculum, you may recall, was condemned for a provision that the curriculum cover “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Dogs and Negroes Not Welcome
Sign posted until 1959 at the town line of Ocoee, Florida, site of a 1920 racial massacre
Another provision seemed to blame "Africans' resistance to slavery" for the tightening of slave codes in the South that outlawed teaching slaves to read and write.
That's the case with Florida's effort to whitewash the truth about slavery via a set of standards for teaching African American history imposed on the state's public school teachers and students.
The curriculum, you may recall, was condemned for a provision that the curriculum cover “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Dogs and Negroes Not Welcome
Sign posted until 1959 at the town line of Ocoee, Florida, site of a 1920 racial massacre
Another provision seemed to blame "Africans' resistance to slavery" for the tightening of slave codes in the South that outlawed teaching slaves to read and write.
Column: The story behind that Florida school curriculum that whitewashed slavery keeps getting...
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Slavery
American History
State of Florida
Racism
Ocoee
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The curriculum, you may recall, was condemned for a provision that the curriculum cover “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Dogs and Negroes Not Welcome
Sign posted until 1959 at the town line of Ocoee, Florida, site of a 1920 racial massacre
Another provision seemed to blame "Africans' resistance to slavery" for the tightening of slave codes in the South that outlawed teaching slaves to read and write."...
..."The curriculum, you may recall, was condemned for a provision that the curriculum cover “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Dogs and Negroes Not Welcome
Sign posted until 1959 at the town line of Ocoee, Florida, site of a 1920 racial massacre
Another provision seemed to blame "Africans' resistance to slavery" for the tightening of slave codes in the South that outlawed teaching slaves to read and write."...
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Remember these FACTS :
East St. Louis Massacre - 1917
200 - 700 Deaths : Source - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/east-st-louis-race-riot-left-dozens-dead-devastating-community-on-the-rise-180963885/
Arkansas Massacre - 1919
854 - Deaths : SOURCE - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/death-hundreds-elaine-massacre-led-supreme-court-take-major-step-toward-equal-justice-african-americans-180969863/
Ocoee Massacre - 1920 : SOURCE - https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/the-truth-laid-bare/
https://www.thehistorycenter.org/exhibition/the-ocoee-massacre/
Most estimates total 30–35 Blacks killed, although as many as 50 African Americans may have been killed during the massacre. Most African-American-owned buildings and residences in northern Ocoee were burned to the ground.
Deaths: 30–35 Blacks, 2 Whites
Location: Ocoee, Florida
Date: November 2–3, 1920
Tulsa Massacre - 1921
300 - 3000 Deaths : SOURCE - https://www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/tulsa-race-massacre-begins
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tulsa-1921-race-massacre-mass-grave-greenwood-archaeology-dna/amp
Rosewood Massacre - 1923
150 - Deaths : SOURCE - https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/early-20th-century-us/rosewood-massacre
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rosewood-riot-of-1923
*If you didn’t know these Massacres were against “Black/African-Americans
The historical/history of FACTS they call “theories/theory” that they desire not taught on known about.*
*** Disclaimer : This a repost from myself, because people are tooooo comfortable with the status quo. ***
East St. Louis Massacre - 1917
200 - 700 Deaths : Source - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/east-st-louis-race-riot-left-dozens-dead-devastating-community-on-the-rise-180963885/
Arkansas Massacre - 1919
854 - Deaths : SOURCE - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/death-hundreds-elaine-massacre-led-supreme-court-take-major-step-toward-equal-justice-african-americans-180969863/
Ocoee Massacre - 1920 : SOURCE - https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/the-truth-laid-bare/
https://www.thehistorycenter.org/exhibition/the-ocoee-massacre/
Most estimates total 30–35 Blacks killed, although as many as 50 African Americans may have been killed during the massacre. Most African-American-owned buildings and residences in northern Ocoee were burned to the ground.
Deaths: 30–35 Blacks, 2 Whites
Location: Ocoee, Florida
Date: November 2–3, 1920
Tulsa Massacre - 1921
300 - 3000 Deaths : SOURCE - https://www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/tulsa-race-massacre-begins
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tulsa-1921-race-massacre-mass-grave-greenwood-archaeology-dna/amp
Rosewood Massacre - 1923
150 - Deaths : SOURCE - https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/early-20th-century-us/rosewood-massacre
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rosewood-riot-of-1923
*If you didn’t know these Massacres were against “Black/African-Americans
The historical/history of FACTS they call “theories/theory” that they desire not taught on known about.*
*** Disclaimer : This a repost from myself, because people are tooooo comfortable with the status quo. ***
The East St. Louis Race Riot Left Dozens Dead, Devastating a Community on the Rise
Three days of violence forced African-American families to run for their lives and the aftereffects are still felt in the Illinois city today
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