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The 7th-grade teacher said he made it clear that he was not requiring any students to touch the cotton and remove the seeds. It was voluntary, he said.

A white school teacher in New York denies forcing Black students to pick cotton as part of a history lesson. He says it was voluntary.

A white school teacher in New York accused of telling his class of mostly Black students to pick seeds out of cotton during a history lesson said in a lawsuit that allegations against him are false

"The students — both Black and white — were eager to touch the cotton and try to remove the seeds from the cotton, and most chose to do so," the lawsuit argues.

The Rochester teacher accused of having Black students pick cotton in a history lesson says in a lawsuit that the lesson has been misrepresented.