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Google Maps Street View(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) A Charlotte, North Carolina, teacher is suing the charter school he used to work at after he claims he was fired after parents allegedly complained about him teaching a fictional book involving a racially profiled Black teen.
Markayle Gray, a former English teacher at Charlotte Secondary School, claims in a civil lawsuit that was filed on Wednesday that he was terminated from his position as a 7th and 8th-grade teacher on Feb. 2 following backlash from parents over his teaching of the 2017 young adult novel "Dear Martin."
The 2017 New York Times bestselling novel by Nic Stone follows the story of a Black teenager who was thrown to the ground and handcuffed during an encounter with police. The Ivy League-bound teen writes 10 imaginary letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. imagining what the civil rights leader would have done in his position.
Gray contends that he got permission from the school to teach the book, ....
Google Maps Street View(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) A Charlotte, North Carolina, teacher is suing the charter school he used to work at after he claims he was fired after parents allegedly complained about him teaching a fictional book involving a racially profiled Black teen.
Markayle Gray, a former English teacher at Charlotte Secondary School, claims in a civil lawsuit that was filed on Wednesday that he was terminated from his position as a 7th and 8th-grade teacher on Feb. 2 following backlash from parents over his teaching of the 2017 young adult novel "Dear Martin."
The 2017 New York Times bestselling novel by Nic Stone follows the story of a Black teenager who was thrown to the ground and handcuffed during an encounter with police. The Ivy League-bound teen writes 10 imaginary letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. imagining what the civil rights leader would have done in his position.
Gray contends that he got permission from the school to teach the book, ....
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A Black English teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, has filed a lawsuit against his former charter school, accusing the institution of firing him due to complaints from white parents about his lesson on Dear Martin. The 2017 book follows 17-year-old Justyce McAllister, an Ivy League-bound high school senior whose life is turned upside down after… Continue reading Black English Teacher Says He Was Fired For Teaching ‘Dear Martin’ Book To Students During Black History Month ....