I Do See Color

I Do See Color

Life before slavery: African history gets the silent treatment in U.S. schools

Teaching U.S.’s mistreatment of Africans is important, but what about pre-slavery?

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Shamontiel L. Vaughn
Mar 10, 2021
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The DuSable Museum of African American History is named after the first black settler in Chicago, Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable. (Photo credit: John W. Iwanski/Flickr)

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