Teaching Slavery in America

The Southern Poverty Law Center has published a new study that shows students don’t learn enough about the history of slavery in America. Of the thousand high school seniors surveyed, fewer than one in ten could identify slavery as the root cause of the South's secession and the Civil War.
 
Without understanding that history, students struggle to link the past to present day racial conflict.
 
Today we talk about where our public education is lacking and the implications the knowledge gap can have.

Guests:

• Maureen Costello, director of the SPLC Teaching Tolerance division  
• Hasan Jeffries, Ohio State University historian

Events:

•  Bexley Public Library will host a public conversation and discussion on teaching American slavery on Wednesday April 18, from 7-8:30