return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoWhat's the "keeping it real" history that Americans are taught the whitewashed version in school?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down13
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the "keeping it real" history that Americans are taught the whitewashed version in school?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-210 days agoThe Tulsa Race Massacre. Fred Hampton’s story and assassination.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 days agoI grew up in Oklahoma and was not taught about it in high school. I believe they finally added it to the standards in the mid 2010’s. I’ve talked to many people who learned about it from the Watchman series of all things. The Oklahoma Supreme Court shut down a request for reparations by survivors a few years ago.
minus-squarePanaX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoAnother lesser known black massacre was Wilmington. Here’s a great American Experience about it
The Tulsa Race Massacre.
Fred Hampton’s story and assassination.
I grew up in Oklahoma and was not taught about it in high school. I believe they finally added it to the standards in the mid 2010’s. I’ve talked to many people who learned about it from the Watchman series of all things.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court shut down a request for reparations by survivors a few years ago.
Another lesser known black massacre was Wilmington. Here’s a great American Experience about it