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I think the biggest disservice that I received from my US Public School education was being taught that the civil rights movement was something from the past. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

They didn't even mention Black Panthers... meanwhile, BP should get more credit than MLK and Malcolm X together.

They weren't "peaceful protestors", so not even brought up.

That was a long ago, has anyone here been taught differently? My school was shit (obviously)

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Definitely read the book This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed.

    Non-violence by the SCPP is now treated as not only their only tactic, but the only valid tactic ever. But that's historically just not true. Even Dr. King and others realized that their tactic of non-violence was working with other groups who were not pledged to non-violence - and in the setting where the US was worried about its image versus the USSR in the third world. Nor was it the primary driver of what limited success the movement had.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I was homeschooled for the first decade of my life. Specifically, I visited the city's library and took back books to my rural homestead. Larry Gonick made a long running series of history books, and the United States entry certainly mentions the unsavory aspects of America.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Larry Gonick drew heavily from A People's History of The United States, to his credit. I gave these to all the kids in the family.

    If you haven't read The Cartoon History of The Universe, I cannot recommend it enough.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Got the whole series, plus some other ones about other topics, like chemistry and sex. About the only downside of Gonick's work, is that the older volumes are a bit dated - the archaeology and whatnot starts from about the 80's or thereabouts.

    Wish I was a billionaire, so that I could commission remakes and an animated series for all to freely partake in.

    00000

    Speaking of comics, there are assorted manga that tackle the sciences or historical eras. For example, 'The Manga Guide to the Universe', which covers stellar phenomena, how to calculate distances, and so forth. Bride's Story is a slice of life about a steppe people - roughly in Mongolia, I think. Practices for marriage, how to bleed out an animal, and more are presented. Meanwhile, 'Spice and Wolf' is about mercantile economics for Medieval Europe, such as currency debasing.

    Manga is very good for pairing a slice-of-life narrative alongside education.

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