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:
Twitter Thread 1: https://twitter.com/NOWCastSA/status/1420101600966811655 (15+1)
Here's who would be knocked out of Texas history classes under SB3: was
- Chicano movement, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3: https://www.history.com/news/chicano-movement https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197398/
- Women's Suffrage and Equal Rights, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3: https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/the-fight-for-womens-suffrag https://www.britannica.com/topic/woman-suffrage
- The Civil Rights Movement, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/civil-rights-movementhttps://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement
- The Snyder (Indian Citizenship) Act of 1924, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3: https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-vote/voting-rights-for-native-americans/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Native-American/Reorganization#ref518808
- The American Labor Movement, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3: https://aflcio.org/about-us/history https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/labor
- History of White Supremacy (Slavery, Ku-Klux-Klan, Eugenics movement), knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.britannica.com/topic/white-supremacy https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ku-Klux-Klan https://www.britannica.com/science/eugenics-genetics
- Martin Luther King Letter from Birmingham Jail, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/letter-birmingham-jail
- Martin Luther King I Have a Dream Speech, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety
- Federal Civil Rights act of 1964, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964
- Brown v. Board of Education, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483 https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment
- Emancipation Proclamation, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/10-facts-emancipation-proclamation
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3: https://www.un.org/en/udhrbook/pdf/udhr_booklet_en_web.pdf https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
- 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=40 https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=43&page=transcript https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=44
- Mendez v. Westminster, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3:https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/background-mendez-v-westminster-re-enactment https://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-23-2-c-mendez-v-westminster-paving-the-way-to-school-desegregation
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, knocked out of Texas history classes under Senate Bill 3: http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/dougnarrhp.html https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Life-Frederick-Douglass/dp/0486284999
- *Bonus read for San Antonio* https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623832/forget-the-alamo-by-bryan-burrough-chris-tomlinson-and-jason-stanford/
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Twitter Thread 2: https://twitter.com/NOWCastSA/status/1422276789569835020 (23)
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.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