Jan 17th, 2011
It is right that we take time on this day to expose the very serious effort to undermine the legacy of truth that Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his last breath to achieve. In a fine piece by Kirsten West Savali, the Tea Party-driven efforts to remove facts from our nation's schoolbooks are profiled.
“Envision it, America!
Textbooks scrubbed free of slaves' blood and government-sanctioned murder, ensuring that history books are palatable for generations of bright-eyed schoolchildren for generations to come.”
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