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Educators Nationwide Pledge to Teach Truth in Schools

On the #TeachTruth National Day of Action, teachers, parents, and students said they won’t back down from the fight against anti-history bills. by Aziah Siid for Word in Black As efforts to suppress and eliminate the teaching about America’s history of racism and oppression ramp up, it’s easy to forget that a group of stalwart advocates has been […]
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On the #TeachTruth National Day of Action, teachers, parents, and students said they won’t back down from the fight against anti-history bills.

by Aziah Siid for Word in Black

As efforts to suppress and eliminate the teaching about America’s history of racism and oppression ramp up, it’s easy to forget that a group of stalwart advocates has been on the frontline of this fight for decades, lobbying for an accurate and comprehensive student curriculum: teachers.

For the last two summers, educators have rallied together — along with students, parents, and community members — to speak out against the anti-CRT movement. They kept the same energy this year as they pledged to #TeachTruth and defend LGBTQ+ rights.

On Saturday, June 10, 2023, people came together at roughly 100 locations nationwide for the #TeachTruth National Day of Action.

From Ruben F. Salazar Park in Los Angeles and abolitionist bookstore 1977 Books in Montgomery, Alabama, to the Stonewall Inn in New York City and the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C, attendees rallied against the anti-history education bills proliferating across the United States.

Together, they pledged to “refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events.”

The Zinn Education Project, the African American Policy Forum, and Black Lives Matter at Schools coordinated the day of action, which had more than 50 co-sponsors, including the SNCC Legacy Project.

As SNCC veteran Judy Richardson told the crowd at the Washington D.C. event, “White supremacists say they want to protect their children from feeling bad about racism. What about the pain Black children have felt for decades as we were consistently fed lies and distortions about this country’s history?”

Michele Coles, author of the award-winning novel “Black Was the Ink” knows what Richardson is talking about. Coles wrote the coming-of-age novel about the Reconstruction Era due to her not learning much about that period of history in school. After one complaint from a parent, the book, told through the eyes of a Black teenage boy, was recently pulled from classrooms.

“I support the campaign to teach truth and the freedom to learn. Any society that begins banning books is headed in the wrong direction,” Coles said. “We can’t be afraid of knowledge or empathy.”

Educator, author, and Teach Truth organizer Jesse Hagopian also laid out what’s at stake.

“Lawmakers in at least 44 states have introduced legislation or pursued other measures that attempt to require educators to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, transphobia, and other forms of oppression throughout U.S. history,” Hagopian wrote on Instagram. “These laws and restrictions have been imposed in at least 18 states. The Right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth.”

Richardson explained at the event in D.C. that supporters of these bills are afraid “that if young people — children of color and white children — see themselves in this history — in Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and Julian Bond and Anne Braden and Betty Garman Robinson and Maria Varela — then they’ll know that they can change things, too — just like the youth leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.”

New Jersey educator Thuraya Zeidan said that on Teach Truth Day, she’s championing the need to teach students from a global perspective rather than the Eurocentric lens.

“The reason that I’m here is because it’s foundational to my education philosophy that students are able to learn about themselves. We should be teaching students from a lens that is global as opposed to a lens that is Eurocentric,” she told Ande Richards, managing producer for Diversity Voices.

Organizations and bookstores like Bookworks ABQ in New Mexico that work to give access to banned or challenged books also showed up for the day of solidarity. With a table set up in the shop — and a colorful sign to jot down the name of your favorite banned book — supporters came through to take a pic with a banned book and sign the Teach Truth Pledge, while educators were offered 10% off.

Ahead of the official Teach Truth Day, national speakers, educators, and other supporters also gathered on a call before the event to share their commitments against the war on teaching the truth about structural racism, sexism, and on LGBTQ+ youth.

“We are disgusted, and we are outraged, but we’re not just angry because we can’t just be angry,” Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, said on the conference call. “We are organizing, and we are united. We are channeling our anger into multilayered comprehensive actions to beat back these oppressive and offensive laws — dangerous laws.”

Indeed, educators, community members, and parents are making it clear they will not back down from the fight to teach all students the full scope of what it means to be a student in America.

Whether it’s speaking out against the “Stop Woke” laws that seek to prohibit teaching about how systematic racism impacts every system in the United States or opposing the “Don’t Say Gay” bills that have students afraid to be themselves — and educators frightened to support them — supporters of the Teach Truth movement are ready to take action.

As Hagopian said, “Our movement is creating a new vision for education where history is a human right!”

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts found Darius Cooper with nine seconds left for the game winning touchdown as his team beat the Tennessee Titans 24-20 in Nashville. Hurts finished the day 26/37 for 264 yards. He threw for two touchdowns and two interceptions. Prior to the final drive, the Eagles ran 25 plays for 45 […]
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Hurts said to Simmons after today’s game: “You started that sh**. I had to finish it.”

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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was helped off the field with a right leg injury with 7:42 remaining in the fourth quarter. Williams was down, writhing in pain after scrambling to his left. After departing the injury tent, Williams raised his right fist, acknowledging the crowd while expressing his frustration. Testing will commence on Monday to find out more details about his injury.

“We’ll know tomorrow,” Johnson admitted regarding Williams’ injury. “He’s in good spirits. He’s a team player.”

Williams finished the day with 138 passing yards and one interception.

“I’m actually happy it’s nothing with the knee — that was my first inclination,” Johnson said. “But, a hamstring could be pretty damaging as well. So, we’ll see. We’ll see how bad it is tomorrow and we’ll go from there.”

Bryce Young once again dominated the Falcons

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young is 5-1 against the Atlanta Falcons and is undefeated at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Today, Young threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns as he led the Panthers to a 34-3 dismembering of the Atlanta Falcons. Georgia Tech alumnus Darren Waller caught two touchdowns and linebacker Devin Lloyd returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown.

Cooper Rush started his second straight game for the Falcons and it did not go well. The partisan crowd voiced their displeasure after Rush completed 10/17 passes for 86 yards and two interceptions. Jack Strand entered the game for Rush prompting cheers from the Falcons fans. The rookie threw a pick-six on his first career pass attempt. Strand was the first QB to accomplish that feat since Sam Darnold in 2018 and is the first Falcons player to do that since Brett Favre in 1991. Strand finished the day with 59 passing yards and 16 rushing yards.

According to reports, quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. is expected to make his season debut this Thursday at the Green Bay Packers. His return should help the Falcons. They are the first team since the 2008 Rams to not run any plays in the red zone after the first two games to open a season.

The bright spots for the Falcons today were the Spelman College Jaguarettes performing with the Falcons cheerleaders and Florida A&M’s marching band, The Marching 100, also performed during halftime!

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Daniels suffered a dislocated elbow to the same arm during week nine of last season against the Washington Commanders, which led to him being shut down for the remainder of the season.

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