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A man who never saw himself in his schoolbooks finds a way to breach the ivory tower

Illustration by Donte Neal History Lessons essay by Donte Neal I never saw myself in the history of the United States of America during my K–12 education. It made me feel invisible. We had Black History Month, but the learning points were either solicitously innocuous, patronizing or about slavery. The Pledge of Allegiance got harder

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May 6, 2016
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