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I don't think this was taught much in history when I was in K-12 school and if it was, it was quickly glazed over. Given the historic significance, it's a shame it was neglected the way it was.
However, I am open to learning about the parts of history that were not taught with the amount of attention that was warranted. Leaning more about this has certainly been eye opening.
I don't think this was taught much in history when I was in K-12 school and if it was, it was quickly glazed over. Given the historic significance, it's a shame it was neglected the way it was.
However, I am open to learning about the parts of history that were not taught with the amount of attention that was warranted. Leaning more about this has certainly been eye opening.
There's more important days than the celebration of when Galveston learned about the emancipation of slaves. If you were in Texas, you probably knew about it. Otherwise, chances are that you didn't.
It became a national thing when Trump promised to make it a federal holiday last year.
I have to admit I never heard of the day until the news started reporting about Trumps rally scheduled on the same day. I don't remember this being taught in schools I went to school in Southern California 1974-1987.
"June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger arrived with Union soldiers in Galveston, Texas, and announced to enslaved Africans Americans that the Civil War had ended and they were free — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation."
If King was a Marxist, how exactly does that invalidate “Letters From a Birmingham Jail” or “The Negro Is Your Brother?” Explain?
LMAO...”man of God” who was a womanizer? That’s a good one.
It was never proven that Dr. King was a Marxist. This is just some lie people say to cover up why they really hate Dr. King. Bringing up Dr. King being a womanizer, this has nothing to do with "Letters From A Birmingham Jail" or "The Negro Is Your Brother". Alot of people who dislike Dr. King dislike him for one reason: Alot of those persons still wish Jim Crow laws were still in force.
I’m just confused why the anti history cancel culture losers are suddenly interested in history to push their agenda……..
It’s important to have good history taught to people. Teaching people that the Confederacy had a good and noble cause is an example of very bad history.
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It doesn't. This is just plain old rage. And I knew this kind of rage was going to happen.
I’m enjoying their rage. They aren’t getting angry enough for my taste. Lol
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It was never proven that Dr. King was a Marxist. This is just some lie people say to cover up why they really hate Dr. King. Bringing up Dr. King being a womanizer, this has nothing to do with "Letters From A Birmingham Jail" or "The Negro Is Your Brother". Alot of people who dislike Dr. King dislike him for one reason: Alot of those persons still wish Jim Crow laws were still in force.
Conservatives who do claim to love King love him for one reason: he’s safely in his grave.
I don't think this was taught much in history when I was in K-12 school and if it was, it was quickly glazed over. Given the historic significance, it's a shame it was neglected the way it was.
However, I am open to learning about the parts of history that were not taught with the amount of attention that was warranted. Leaning more about this has certainly been eye opening.
Well it was a Texas specific holiday since it was when Texas got informed that the slaves were freed...2.5 years after the Act was signed.
And it is taught in Texas schools and it has been celebrated for decades upon decades in Texas.
It was also declared a Texas state holiday in 1980.
There's more important days than the celebration of when Galveston learned about the emancipation of slaves. If you were in Texas, you probably knew about it. Otherwise, chances are that you didn't.
It became a national thing when Trump promised to make it a federal holiday last year.
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Well it was a Texas specific holiday since it was when Texas got informed that the slaves were freed...2.5 years after the Act was signed.
And it is taught in Texas schools and it has been celebrated for decades upon decades in Texas.
It was also declared a Texas state holiday in 1980.
I'm not from Texas and have never lived in Texas, so it wasn't emphasized in schools when I was growing up decades ago. I am a native of North Carolina.
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