President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump test positive for coronavirus. Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Associated Press, Burned bricks on a modern storefront are one of the few surviving reminders of the more than 30-block historic black district in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, June 15, 2020.
He learned about it as an adult from his grandmother’s brother. “The vast majority of black people were still enslaved.”. Typically in ninth and 11th grades, students also are encouraged to research survivors and learn their firsthand accounts of the 1921 violence.
'If that's taught correctly, then any freshman has a context for how and why this kind of thing can happen in the United States of America,' said Aaron Baker, a history teacher in the Putnam City school district in Oklahoma City. Associated Press, Katrina Cotton, center, of Houston, poses for a photo with her daughter, Kennedy Cotton, age seven, as her aunt, Janet Wilson, left, takes the photo, at the Black Wall Street memorial in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, June 15, 2020. In Texas, the Board of Education recently approved a course on African American studies that will be an elective for high school students. “When I am teaching about slavery and how brutal it was, and sharing specific details, most of my students — natives of Texas — indicate they did not learn the specifics of slavery that I provide them in my course,” said Cokley, a professor of educational psychology and African and African diaspora studies. Around the state, 17,000 firefighters were battling nearly two dozen major blazes. 'The notion of 'Do we have a curriculum that is responsive to the needs and experiences of the students we have now?' I think that must change. LaGarrett King, director of the Carter Center for K-12 Black History Education at the University of Missouri, said he believes there is too much emphasis in the instruction of black history on violence, which is often centered on racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan in a way that doesn't explore nuances or apathy toward black deaths. “Older people called me and said, ‘Why do you want to bring this back up, this dirty secret?’” he said. The commission is led by state Sen. Kevin Matthews, a Tulsa Democrat who said the new teaching standards haven't faced opposition but that some people would have preferred to leave the massacre in the past. Matthews said his grandmother was a young girl in Tulsa during the massacre but never told him about the violence.
As the national reckoning on race brings fresh scrutiny to how Black history is taught in public schools, one Republican senator introduced a bill intended to stop the teaching of a New York Times project that reframes the history of slavery in the U.S. (Alvin C. Krupnick Co./Library of Congress via AP). I interviewed children about what they think about black history and the answers were just what I expected. Lawrence Paska, executive director of the National Council for the Social Studies, said schools should be preparing to help walk students through questions about discrimination, protests and racial violence when they return in the fall. Lawrence Paska, executive director of the National Council for the Social Studies, said schools should be preparing to help walk students through questions about discrimination, protests and racial violence when they return in the fall. 'When I am teaching about slavery and how brutal it was, and sharing specific details, most of my students - natives of Texas - indicate they did not learn the specifics of slavery that I provide them in my course,' said Cokley, a professor of educational psychology and African and African diaspora studies. “If that’s taught correctly, then any freshman has a context for how and why this kind of thing can happen in the United States of America,” said Aaron Baker, a history teacher in the Putnam City school district in Oklahoma City.
The commission is led by state Sen. Kevin Matthews, a Tulsa Democrat who said the new teaching standards haven't faced opposition but that some people would have preferred to leave the massacre in the past. Copyright 2020 Associated Press.
President Abraham Lincoln first issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves free in Confederate territory on Sept. 22, 1862. The massacre in Tulsa happened over the course of 16 hours, from May 31 to June 1, 1921, when white mobs attacked black residents and businesses. Some experts and educators say black history lessons focus too much on violence and suffering, instead of the systemic aspects of racism and white supremacy, while others say the past has been sanitized. Only a small number of states, including Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi and New York, have laws requiring that it be taught in public schools. “Oftentimes they are shocked and angered to find they were not taught the information I am sharing with them.”. LaGarrett King, director of the Carter Center for K-12 Black History Education at the University of Missouri, said he believes there is too much emphasis in the instruction of black history on violence, which is often centered on racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan in a way that doesn’t explore nuances or apathy toward black deaths.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- For decades, when it was discussed at all, the killing of hundreds of people in a prosperous black business district nearly a century ago was referred to as the Tulsa race riot. We have been taught July 4, 1776, is the real Independence Day, but it's not,' King said. How black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny Freeman Culver stands in front of a mural listing the names of businesses destroyed during the Tulsa race massacre in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, June 15, 2020, on the other side of what's historically the city's white-black dividing line from where President Donald Trump will rally Saturday. “It was like a movie, I couldn’t believe it happened here,” Matthews said. Recent demonstrations over police brutality also are bringing awareness to an important holiday that isn't widely taught - Juneteenth. The push for diversity in education so far has led to mostly cosmetic changes, he said, without enough emphasis on the entry points and perspective of black history.
Black History Month needs to become history, then and only then can we begin the work that was “intended” when providing the shortest month of the year to a community that has done revolutionary and mind-blowing things. A University of Texas professor involved in developing the curriculum, Kevin Cokley, said his college students say they are taught a sanitized version of black history in high school. Burned bricks on a modern storefront are one of the few surviving reminders of the more than 30-block historic black district in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, June 15, 2020. '' he said. Celebrations have typically included parades, barbecues, concerts and readings of the Emancipation Proclamation. Donald Shaw looks at a sculpture in the John Hope Franklin reconciliation park in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, June 15, 2020, a few hundred yards and on the other side of what's historically the city's white-black dividing line, where President Donald Trump will rally Saturday, June 20. However, when I asked the student to name a black astronaut, there was no answer. Black History Month is that time of the year that you see black people, adults and children alike, loving their heritage and appreciating the skin they’re in. Celebrations have typically included parades, barbecues, concerts and readings of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The student responded with the obvious choice as Neil Armstrong. Recent demonstrations over police brutality also are bringing awareness to an important holiday that isn’t widely taught — Juneteenth. States set their own standards, and history survey courses often touch on slavery, Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement.
http://www.astronautsmemorial.org/robert-h-lawrence-jr-honored.html.
I told the student about the first black astronaut, Air Force Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, who was only acknowledged 30 years after his death by the US government. Under new standards developed by teachers for approaching the topic, students are encouraged to consider the differences between labeling it a 'massacre' instead of a 'riot,' as it is still commemorated in state laws. The massacre in Tulsa happened over the course of 16 hours, from May 31 to June 1, 1921, when white mobs attacked black residents and businesses. Associated Press, FILE - In this June 19, 2018, file photo, Zebiyan Fields, 11, at center, drums alongside more than 20 kids at the front of the Juneteenth parade in Flint, Mich. Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, originated 155 years ago. Under new standards developed by teachers for approaching the topic, students are encouraged to consider the differences between labeling it a 'massacre' instead of a 'riot,' as it is still commemorated in state laws. All rights reserved.