More than 100 U.S. #leaders – #lawmakers, #presidents, #governors and #justices – have #slaveholding #ancestors, a #Reuters examination found. Few are willing to talk about their ties to America's “original sin” https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-slavery-lawmakers/ #slavery #descendents #LindseyGraham #history #education #StopBookBanning
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FL Gov. DeSantis' law banning books in schools about race and racism, gender & sexual identity is an assault on our educators, children, & freedom of speech for all.
➡️ Take action with Unite Against Book Bans here:
https://tinyurl.com/BTActionUniteAgainstBookBans
Read this excellent deep dive on DeSantis’ Florida book bans by @juddlegum:
https://tinyurl.com/FLBookBansJuddLegum
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📚A book about the late Afro-Puerto Rican MLB legend Roberto Clemente was removed from the shelves of public school libraries in Florida's Duval County.
Take Action. Sign a PENAmerica letter here supporting the freedom to read: https://tinyurl.com/BookBanBT
#creepingfascism #bookbanning #stopbookbanning #robertoclemente #BookBans
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Montanans: Tell your MT State Representative to Say no to SB 234, which would set Montana museums and libraries up for frivolous lawsuits based on people’s personal objections to materials.
Use Montana Human Rights Network’s form to send a message to your MT House Representative. https://secure.everyaction.com/BEaqDm6gFk6tHi3M2kycXQ2?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
#DemCastMT #MTLeg #MTPol #MTNews #MonTwitter #MontMastodon #FirstAmendment #Montana #StopBookBanning
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Are book bans discrimination? Biden administration to test new legal theory. https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/school-book-bans-discrimination-civil-rights-lgbtq-racism-texas-20230113.html/
#StopBookBanning #DefendLibraries #LGBTQRightsAreHumanRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights
#WhatsTheMatterWithTheGOP #StopFascism
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