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EJ973226 - Distorting the Historical Record: One Detailed Example from the Albert Shanker Institute's Report

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ERIC #:	EJ973226
Title:	Distorting the Historical Record: One Detailed Example from the Albert Shanker Institute's Report
Authors:	N/A
Descriptors:	United States History; Civil Rights; Textbooks; Civil Rights Legislation; Labor; Unions; Activism; Federal Legislation; History Instruction; Textbook Evaluation
Source:	American Educator, v36 n2 p34-35, 40 Sum 2012
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Publisher:	American Federation of Teachers. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4400; e-mail: amered@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae
Publication Date:	2012-00-00
Pages:	3
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	This article presents a detailed example from the Albert Shanker Institute's report that shows the error of U.S. history textbooks and how it is distorting the historical record. One of the most glaring errors in textbooks is the treatment of the role that unions and labor activists played as key participants in the civil rights movement. The textbook coverage of the civil rights movement is quite good, but the omission of organized labor's contribution to that movement is deeply problematic and seriously distorts the historical record. This article shows that there is no mention in the textbooks of labor's role in supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In short, the picture painted by U.S. history textbooks simply airbrushes labor out of this vital historical period and, in the process, paints an incomplete picture of both the labor and civil rights movements. (Contains 16 endnotes.)
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Identifiers:	United States; Civil Rights Act 1964; Voting Rights Act 1965
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-0148-432X
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Languages:	English
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