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[https://www.npr.org/2020/03/10/813922147/its-not-a-history-lesson-new-booktackles-racist-ideas by Elissa Nadworny 10/3/20 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/2020/03/10/813922147/its-not-a-history-lesson-new-booktackles-racist-ideas by Elissa Nadworny 10/3/20 npr] | ||
One of the more difficult things to talk with students about is race. A new book from a historian and a children's book author tries to tackle racist ideas in a relatable way for young adults. NPR's Elissa Nadworny has the story. | One of the more difficult things to talk with students about is race. A new book from a historian and a children's book author tries to tackle racist ideas in a relatable way for young adults. NPR's Elissa Nadworny has the story. | ||
=====Black history is often shunned — like the book I wrote===== | |||
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/i-wrote-book-black-womens-voting-history-louisiana-library-board-refuses-host-discussion-it/ by Martha S. Jones 9/2/21 The Washington Post] | |||
“Vanguard” recounts how many suffragists and lawmakers who sought to ratify the 19th Amendment accommodated and, in some cases, embraced anti-Black racism even as they worked to expand access to a fundamental democratic right. Jim Crow laws — poll taxes, literacy tests and more — prevented Black women from casting ballots for decades after the 19th Amendment became law in 1920. | |||
