<p>Historian Robin D.G. Kelley warns what has been truly hidden are the class politics of the Tulsa Race Massacre, both in terms of the economic agendas of the white elites who condoned and covered up violence and the impact on the city's Black working class. </p>
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April 15, 2021
Board of Education meeting on Tuesday
The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss school reopenings, the recent state legislative session, an ongoing “anti-racist system audit” and the possible historical designation of a school facility.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Some school board members will attend in person while others will log on virtually.
The board will first discuss the possible historical designation of the Edward U. Taylor Science Materials Center, according to the meeting agenda.
According to state records, the center, which is in Boyds, was built in 1951. It was named for Edward U. Taylor, the “Supervisor of Negro Education in Montgomery County” from 1923 to 1951, according to the state records.
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This is a retrospective on education in the country taken from the cauldron of emancipation. The words of history are allowed to flow in unadulterated fashion. I intend in a follow-up piece to offer some reflection on the challenges and difficulties that history has presented us in education.
First, I focus here on Foreign Secretary George Canningâs speech in the British parliament in 1824, on the churchâs role in amelioration of slavery in our country, and next, on Joseph Latrobeâs 1839 report on the state of education in the country at emancipation.
On March 16, 1824, the House of Commons in the British parliament convened to discuss âAmelioration of the condition of the slave population in the West Indiesâ. Emancipation was in the air, and âameliorationâ had to do with preparing the slave population for freedom.