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Solly Mack

(90,773 posts) Mon Jul 31, 2023, 03:50 AM Jul 2023

Did your school offer Black History classes? [View all]

Elementary/Middle-Jr. High/High School only. Not college/university.

Was it offered up as a topic within a larger course? Social studies class that covered some black history or an actual class on Black History? Or? Was it a one-day event? Week? Month? Longer?

In middle school we learned about Black Americans who contributed to Math, Science, English/Literature, Music, Art etc. in those classes, as well a semester on Black History in social studies classes/history.

Before middle school Black History was only covered during social studies.

I attended elementary and one year of middle school in Atlanta, Georgia.

In the high school I attended (not in Atlanta) it was obvious that Black History was a recently added subject matter. Very basic and very safe. Also, very limited in what it covered.

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Did your school offer Black History classes? [View all] Solly Mack Jul 2023 OP

Are you kidding? RandySF Jul 2023 #1

OK. I was in Atlanta for most of my early education. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #2

Metro Detroit RandySF Jul 2023 #3

Not in all of them MichMan Jul 2023 #11

in my elementary school every morning we sang the eyes of texas nt msongs Jul 2023 #4

In the 1950's and 60's, I don't think so. Emile Jul 2023 #5

yes Skittles Jul 2023 #6

During my school tenure, my town lastlib Jul 2023 #7

Not black history, but Lunabell Jul 2023 #8

Did your school use a formal history textbook? ancianita Jul 2023 #9

No formal textbooks. A lot of different books though. Also field trips. Other material. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #10

I see. Do you recall the year? Because I don't recall Black History textbooks until the mid 70's ancianita Jul 2023 #12

In Atlanta, late 60's and 70's. High School in a different city. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #29

LMAO Ferrets are Cool Jul 2023 #13

Schools were not segregated in 1968 when I started school in Georgia. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #30

Yes. In high school, 1970's. A one-semester, dedicated, elective course. Mister Ed Jul 2023 #14

Depends on "my." Igel Jul 2023 #15

Graduated in '75 RobinA Jul 2023 #16

No Asian-American history at my schools either. Had to read up on my own. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #31

HS Class of 70, and that would be a "no"... Wounded Bear Jul 2023 #17

1970s no treestar Jul 2023 #18

In my town we had a Colored High School. Ron Green Jul 2023 #19

I graduated in the 70's in the whitest state (Maine) in the country. bluedigger Jul 2023 #20

There was a unit on black history Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #21

Just what was covered in 8th. grade American History. My tiny, rural school's history sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #22

Incorporated into the cirriculum Sympthsical Jul 2023 #23

I graduated from high school in segregated Texas the year Brown v. Board was handed down. CTyankee Jul 2023 #24

In 1964? No. But I was born in California and raised in Hawai'i. Met a lot of Southern military kids Hekate Jul 2023 #25

No... but we did have specific lessons at appropriate times. NT Happy Hoosier Jul 2023 #26

Went to a 90% black high school, everyday was from a black perspective also uponit7771 Jul 2023 #27

No, not as a stand-alone class. But they did cover Black History in history and social studies. Midnight Writer Jul 2023 #28

Thank you everyone! I am younger than many of you it seems. Different decade, different answers. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #32

Yes as an elective edisdead Jul 2023 #33

No but we had a Black Lit class bif Jul 2023 #34