"Hanna Rosin: Over the many years of raising kids in D.C. public schools, I've experienced Black History Month the way many Americans do. I've helped my kids make poster boards, and as they got older, PowerPoints, celebrating the achievements of many famous Black Americans: Jackie Robinson, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks. Black History Month celebrations tend to follow what The Atlantic 's Adam Harris calls a "formula." But this year might call for something more radical."
"A federal judge rebuked his administration for removing panels that mentioned "the dirty business of slavery" from the President's House in Philadelphia, where George Washington lived. (Among other inconvenient facts, the ruling reminded the public that the nation's first president rotated his slaves between his homes to duck state emancipation laws.) Judge Cynthia Rufe opened her ruling with a quote from George Orwell,"
Federal judge Cynthia Rufe rebuked the administration for removing panels that mentioned "the dirty business of slavery" from the President's House in Philadelphia, noting that George Washington rotated his slaves between homes to evade state emancipation laws. Rufe opened her ruling with a George Orwell quote and wrote that an agency cannot arbitrarily decide what is true based on leadership whims. The administration continues efforts to whitewash Black history across multiple fronts. Clint Smith, author of How the Word Is Passed, outlines what is unprecedented about this approach. Adam Harris calls for a different, less formulaic approach to Black History Month. Both addressed Jesse Jackson's death.
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