An Indiana public school has become embroiled in controversy after a school counselor reportedly sent a letter to parents giving them the option to opt their children out of Black History Month lessons.
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Indiana School Allows Parents to Opt Students Out of Black History Month LessonsAn elementary school in an Indiana town is allowing parents to opt their children out of lessons relating to Black History Month.
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Indiana school counselor tells parents their kids can opt out of Black History Month lessonsAn Indiana public school is facing criticism after one of its counselors sent a memo allowing parents to decline Black History Month lessons for their children.
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Honor Black History Month by supporting lifesaving women's health researchThis year, the theme is Black Health and Wellness, which makes it an especially appropriate time to talk about a critical, ongoing health disparity that affects the well-being of so many Black women — uterine fibroids — and how it can be addressed through swift passage of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act.
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This Black History Month, Celebrate Both the Extraordinary and the OrdinaryEspecially at this moment in history, it is important to recognize, acknowledge and honor both the extraordinary and the so-called ordinary people who have changed the course of Black history and are making history today. We must then use this knowledge to fight efforts to suppress that history.
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This Preschool Closed After Introducing Blackface Activity In The Classroom For Black History MonthOn top of creating the offensive masks, the students were also ‘planking’ — a popular trend in 2011 that also mirrors the way people who were enslaved were transported to the Americas in ships after being ripped from their homes.
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