Florida schools must teach the Ocoee Election Day Massacre. It's one of the most horrific days in the state's history—an untold number of Black people were killed, even more displaced. The recognition was met with joy and relief by victims' descendants.https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/06/25/florida-schools-now-have-to-teach-the-ocoee-election-day-massacre-heres-why-that-matters/ …
Fwiw, I went to a mostly white private school and we: - read the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman - Had a yearly MLK concert where a bunch of white kids literally sang slave songs like "Follow the Drinking Gourd" - Learned about Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
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(I remember being confused for months, trying to figure out how she built a subway from the south to Canada) Anyways, I'm not really sure it did anything. Going to headstart programs and mixing with schools that were mostly black was more effective.
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Those whitewashed (pardon the pun) stories are taught in schools because they focus on black people "overcoming" the atrocities they endured. They purposely, don't focus on the actual atrocities, like the rosewood massacre or the one in Florida.
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I don't really remember the book, but I do remember the whipping. It was pretty graphic. It should've worked, but I'm not sure it did. Like I said, I think the better way to do it is to just get more mixing going on. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/missjane/summary/ …
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