By Cameron Jenkins - 03/04/21 08:56 PM EST
A Mississippi school district is facing backlash after eighth grade students were assigned a “Slave Letter Writing Activity.
Eighth grade students in the state s Lamar County School District were given the assignment as part of a history class at Purvis Middle School on Wednesday, according to local station WDAM.
The assignment asked for students to imagine that they were slaves working on a plantation in Mississippi and to “write a letter to your family back in Africa or in another American state describing your life,” the news outlet reported.
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The assignment reportedly followed a presentation that outlined “atrocities and negatives of slavery.”
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A Mississippi middle school is facing backlash after a teacher gave an assignment to his students that has sparked outrage among parents and the community. Pretend like you are a slave working on a plantation in Mississippi, the assignment reads. Write a letter to your family back in Africa or in another American state describing your life.
A copy of the assignment, given by a teacher at Purvis Middle School, was shared on social networking sites along with a letter of apology, which is signed by Principal Frank Bunnell.
Purvis Middle School principal responds to slave-writing assignment
In the letter, Bunnell apologizes but says the assignment was intended to bring attention to the horrors of slavery in a way that would have more meaning to the students.
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Tax Credit helps Early Learning Collaborative pre-K programs
Tax Credit helps Early Learning Collaborative pre-K programs By Karrie Leggett-Brown | January 6, 2021 at 6:21 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 10:40 PM
MOSELLE, Miss. (WDAM) - If you donated to your local Early Learning Collaborative pre-K program, your dollars will help make a big difference to the little minds in our state.
“Collaboratives have collected $3.2 million dollars in tax credit,” said Dr. Jill Dent said, director of the Office of Early Childhood at the Mississippi Department of Education.
Dent said Mississippi’s Early Learning pre-K programs are not only state-funded but also allow people or businesses to donate to collaboratives.