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Proclamation. after the war, civil rights pioneers emerged. booker f. washington. malcolm x and mlk. blacks went from freedom to a period of reconstruction which led to anything but equality. instead we got segregation in the south. 1955, rosa parks. the simple gesture sent shock waves across the south. she refused to give up or seat to a white man on a segregated bus. black students enter a white school under armed god. the civil rights act of 1964 passed. meanwhile, sports pulling

Be next? joining us, professor wilfred reilly, shemeka michelle, charles, let me start with you. where are we at with race relations? >> we made obviously great journeys. they dont talk about it enough. he has a high school student who said they are problem with black history month is they only talk about the negatives. every year they teach her with martin luther king, rosa parks, malcolm x. >> what is the history you have lived? >> its great to look at history. the way to move things forward i...

Proclamation. after the war, civil rights pioneers emerged. booker f. washington. malcolm x and mlk. blacks went from freedom to a period of reconstruction which led to anything but equality. instead we got segregation in the south. 1955, rosa parks. the simple gesture sent shock waves across the south. she refused to give up or seat to a white man on a segregated bus. black students enter a white school under armed god. the civil rights act of 1964 passed. meanwhile, sports pulling

Be next? joining us, professor wilfred reilly, shemeka michelle, charles, let me start with you. where are we at with race relations? >> we made obviously great journeys. they dont talk about it enough. he has a high school student who said they are problem with black history month is they only talk about the negatives. every year they teach her with martin luther king, rosa parks, malcolm x. >> what is the history you have lived? >> its great to look at history. the way to move things forward i...

Might not get that. what are the benefits in your teaching all kids black history? even white kids though? >> well, you know, my mother was a public schoolteacher for 30 years, so i got it at home as well. and you know, its interesting, i have a high schoolteacher mr. frances, i will never forget, when i wanted to do a paper on malcolm x, here are the books you need to read and opened the door for me, a white teacher because he saw how passionate i was about doing this work and opened every door...

Im sure theres stuff sneaking through that no librarian would ever let them see. so the audacity of the mind control of a kid is thats its unachievable. im sure there are parents better than me with no ipads, to them, god bless, but you cannot control everything a child consumes. so the banning book movement seems wholly political. i want to explain how it happens. this is in ax ios. the limits would allow teachers to mention that jackie robinson broke major legal baseballs color line, but not a...

On the first day of black history month, at least six historically black colleges and universities have received bomb threats. so which is it? do you want us to say that everything about white america is nice? or do you want to blow a black colleges or at least threaten to do so? >> yeah, i mean, you are making a powerful point there, very poignantly. and heres the truth. the fact is that there is nothing more dangerous or destructive or fear inducing in america than a black person with a brain....

Proclamation. after the war, civil rights pioneers emerged. booker f. washington. malcolm x and mlk. blacks went from freedom to a period of reconstruction which led to anything but equality. instead we got segregation in the south. 1955, rosa parks. the simple gesture sent shock waves across the south. she refused to give up or seat to a white man on a segregated bus. black students enter a white school under armed god. the civil rights act of 1964 passed. meanwhile, sports pulling

Before him. or introduce malcolm x but not what he had to say in a speech but puts educators in an uncomfortable situation of making a choice of a white washed version of our nations messy history or losing their jobs. joining me now to discuss is the director of public policy, and one of the things i think about, how teachers navigate a world in which there is this anti-critical race theory laws but american history happened and existed and it didnt change, so how do you navigate this world whe...

Proclamation. after the war, civil rights pioneers emerged. booker f. washington. malcolm x and mlk. blacks went from freedom to a period of reconstruction which led to anything but equality. instead we got segregation in the south. 1955, rosa parks. the simple gesture sent shock waves across the south. she refused to give up or seat to a white man on a segregated bus. black students enter a white school under armed god. the civil rights act of 1964 passed. meanwhile, sports pulling