FishBy Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPostFor 35 years I taught high school classes in politics, economics and American history. And for 35 years I struggled against a mythological past that is central to virtually every state-approved secondary American history textbook. The American Anti-Slavery Society, founded in 1833, made a significant contribution toward an American democracy. He could have mentioned that his own Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, is the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. He was a Coe Fellow for study of United States History at Stanford University in 1984.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2022 16:00 UTC