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Nashville School Sued Over Let s Make A Slave Lesson, Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit
The students were required to fold themselves under their desks and pretending to to seek freedom from slavery.”
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Metro Nashville Public Schools last fall regarding an assignment that required them to imitate formerly enslaved people.
According to the Nashville Tennessean, the family of a boy referred to as “John Doe” in court documents, filed a lawsuit after discovering a lesson called “Let’s Make A Slave,” taught at Waverly Belmont Elementary School in Feb. 2020. The assignment was presented to fourth graders and concentrated on a 1712 speech given by Willie Lynch, a former plantation owner in the West Indies, to white Virginia colonists about how to control their slaves.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last fall against the Metro Nashville Public Schools and a teacher over an elementary school assignment called âLetâs Make a Slave.â
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last fall against the Metro Nashville Public Schools and a teacher over an elementary school assignment called âLetâs Make a Slave.â
The Nashville Tennessean reports the lesson was given to a fourth grade class at an elementary school, Waverly Belmont, in February 2020. It focused on a 1700s speech given by plantation owner to white Virginia colonists on how to keep their Black slaves under control.