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/ …
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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
(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.
