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Rashunda Pitts has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), claiming that her daughter suffered emotional trauma over a cotton-picking project her school assigned back in 2017.
A Black mother filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and its Board of Education, alleging that in 2017, a cotton field was set up at an elementary school to teach students about experiences enslaved people endured, but only left her child traumatized.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- A Black mother filed a lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest public school system in the United States, over an elementary school project that she says involved students picking cotton to learn about slavery, NBC News reported Wednesday.
The cotton-picking project aimed to teach students about the 'real life experience' of slavery, according to the lawsuit.
A California mom sued the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging that a 'Cotton Picking Project' allegedly violated her daughter's civil rights.