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18. In Georgia schools in the 1970's we had 3 pages on the Trail of Tears

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 11:14 AM

Jun 2021

Happened right on the ground where we were studying.

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I am a product of Florida public schools. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2021 OP

Pennsylvania either. jimfields33 Jun 2021 #1

Pa. Public schools didn't mention squat in the sixties either. n/t Guilded Lilly Jun 2021 #2

I am not a "product" I am a human being n/t Passenger Jun 2021 #3

Welcome to DU maxsolomon Jun 2021 #22

Texas here. rownesheck Jun 2021 #4

We didn't learn about any of that in Missouri, either. Arkansas Granny Jun 2021 #5

+1000 h2ebits Jun 2021 #20

I learned about the Trail of Tears but not the other two. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #7

Same here, I grew up in Indiana. spanone Jun 2021 #17

Florida here. Learned none of that at all. bamagal62 Jun 2021 #8

The same here (50s-60s) Chainfire Jun 2021 #16

Good question. I went to public school in Georgia in the 1950's Glorfindel Jun 2021 #9

Grew up in Upstate NY -misanthroptimist Jun 2021 #10

I am also a product of Florida public schools Deuxcents Jun 2021 #11

Because they don't teach it here as a general rule. lark Jun 2021 #12

Because we live in a white supremacy. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #13

In Georgia schools in the 1970's we had 3 pages on the Trail of Tears MaryMagdaline Jun 2021 #18

There is no one history book. h2ebits Jun 2021 #19

I'm a product of Ohio public schools. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #21