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Uncovering Untold Black History: From Carter G. Woodson to NYC Events

Historians and museum curators share lesser-known moments in U.S. Black history, including the deadly voting rights campaign known as Freedom Summer, the successful Black labor rights movement during the Great Depression, and the long fight for desegregation in schools. Black history education has become a source of contention in schools and universities, with several laws restricting certain lessons on race. Historians argue that these restrictions limit the information taught about racial history in the United States, and emphasize the importance of community-led spaces in understanding the not-so-distant racial history.