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All posts tagged "Critical Race Theory"

Education

Surrounded by history, teachers pledge to ‘teach truth’ about racism

“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.” – Abraham Lincoln Teachers at Grizzlies Prep know the complicated racial history of their school and the Downtown block...

David WatersJune 14, 2021

On May 4, the second-to-last day of this year’s Tennessee General Assembly, legislators paused to pay their respects to the late state Sen. Thelma Harper, who died April 22. “She wasn’t smiling, not that day,” state Rep. Antonio Parkinson, said later. “The way they did that bill was disrespectful to Sen. Harper, to all Black legislators, to all Black people in this state.” The bill, House Bill 580, was approved May 5. (AP File Photo/Erik Schelzig)

On May 4, the second-to-last day of this year’s Tennessee General Assembly, legislators paused to pay their respects to the late state Sen. Thelma Harper, who died April 22. “She wasn’t smiling, not that day,” state Rep. Antonio Parkinson, said later. “The way they did that bill was disrespectful to Sen. Harper, to all Black legislators, to all Black people in this state.” The bill, House Bill 580, was approved May 5. (AP File Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Education

Did new Tennessee law negate critical race theory or prove it?

On May 4, the second-to-last day of this year’s Tennessee General Assembly, legislators paused to pay their respects to the late state Sen. Thelma...

David WatersJune 14, 2021