Black History Is Missing In U.S. History Education 1 hour ago cuatower By Lauren Seliga You’re sitting in 9th-grade history class learning about the American Civil Rights Movement again. The sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade history classes covered the movement too. When is the American Revolution going to be taught? When will you learn about all of the achievements of white figures like John D. Rockefeller, Susan B. Anthony, or Thomas Edison? When will teachers stop using you as the example of a white colonizer just because you are the only white student in class? You take these concerns to the school administration and call for the expansion of white history in the school curriculum. The administration refuses to grant your request since the school spends a whole month—White History Month—teaching students about prominent white figures like Thomas Jefferson and Christopher Columbus, and don’t forget about the entire day in February dedicated to George Washington. The administration says that white history isn’t really that important to American history anyway so just be grateful the school takes the time to spend a month teaching about it.