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Tulsa Faces Reckoning Over Historical Racism | PBS NewsHour

6th Grade – 8th Grade

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English

As the country has been reckoning with questions of race, justice and equality, many state legislatures have passed laws restricting how American history, particularly around the issue of race, can be taught in schools. News Hour’s Judy Woodruff visited her native Tulsa, Oklahoma, to see how that city, amid its own reckoning, is navigating this moment. It’s her latest installment of America at a Crossroads.

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This lesson was originally posted here on PBS NewsHour Classroom on August 11, 2023. Check out more resources at NewsHour Classroom.