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Here’s what would be knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3

Texas Republicans proposed a bill during the first 2021 Legislative Special Session that would eliminate important aspects of history from being taught in public schools. Under Senate Bill 3, issues involving women and people of color would be excluded from history lessons. 

The bill shocked and dismayed Democrats by removing a requirement to teach that white supremacy, such as the Ku Klux Klan, is morally wrong.

Below is a list of links of the historical events that would be excluded under the bill:

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But wait...there’s more! Here’s what else will be knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3 

  • History of Native Americans, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/native-american-timeline

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/native-american/ 

  • The writings of George Washington, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/ford-the-writings-of-george-washington-14-vols 

  • The writings of Ona Judge, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-remarkable-story-of-ona-judge

https://www.amazon.com/Never-Caught-Story-Ona-Judge/dp/153441617X

  • The writings of Thomas Jefferson, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.loc.gov/collections/thomas-jefferson-papers/about-this-collection/

https://www.amazon.com/Writings-Thomas-Jefferson/dp/1502384078

  • The writings of Sally Hemings, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.monticello.org/sallyhemings/

           https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Jefferson-Sally-Hemings-Controversy/dp/0813918332

  • The writings of Frederick Douglass’s newspaper (The North Star), knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.loc.gov/collections/frederick-douglass-newspapers/about-this-collection/

https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/douglass.html

  • The Book of Negros, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.lawrencehill.com/the-book-of-negroes

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Negroes-Novel-Tie-Editions/dp/0393351394  

  • The Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.britannica.com/event/Fugitive-Slave-Acts

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts

  • The Indian Removal Act, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/indian-treaties

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may28/indian-removal-act/

  • Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danpre.html

https://www.au.org/sites/default/files/pdf_documents/JeffersonDanburyBaptists.pdf

  • William Still's Underground Railroad Records, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/underground-railroad/home/ 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606935/the-underground-railroad-records-by-william-still/

  • The life and work of Cesar Chavez, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.history.com/topics/mexico/cesar-chavez

https://www.biography.com/activist/cesar-chavez 

  • The life and work of Dolores Huerta, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dolores-huerta

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dolores-Huerta 

  • The Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act

  • 19th and 26th Amendment, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/19th-amendment-1 

https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/the-26th-amendment

  • Abigail Adams Letter “Remember the Ladies”, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abigail-adams-urges-husband-to-remember-the-ladies

https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa 

  • The works of Susan B. Anthony, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/susan-b-anthony

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-B-Anthony 

  • The Declaration of Sentiments, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/declaration-of-sentiments.htm

           https://www.britannica.com/event/Declaration-of-Sentiments

  • The life and works of Dr. Hector P. Garcia, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.biography.com/activist/hector-garcia

https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/dr-hector-perez-garcia

  • The American GI forum, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.agif-nvop.org/

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/american-gi-forum-of-texas 

  • The League of United Latin American Citizens, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/League-of-United-Latin-American-Citizens 

  • Hernandez v. Texas, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us475 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/347/475 

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