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'Context is key' in civil rights education, Rep. Nichols says
Rep. Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa of House District 72, is chairman of the Oklahoma Black Legislative Caucus. He speaks with Ginnie Graham about HB 1397, which would direct the Oklahoma State Department of Education to develop or make available a curriculum that reflects upon the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1968 and includes the principles Martin Luther King Jr. taught concerning nonviolence, bigotry and Jim Crow laws. Rep. Nichols said the Oklahoma Black Legislative Caucus was not consulted about HB 1397, and critics said the measure goes against HB 1775, a law passed in 2021 that prohibits teaching that one race or sex is inherently superior to another and that anyone, by virtue of race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
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Rep. Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa of House District 72, is chairman of the Oklahoma Black Legislative Caucus. He speaks with Ginnie Graham about HB 1397, which would direct the Oklahoma State Department of Education to develop or make available a curriculum that reflects upon the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1968 and includes the principles Martin Luther King Jr. taught concerning nonviolence, bigotry and Jim Crow laws. Rep. Nichols said the Oklahoma Black Legislative Caucus was not consulted about HB 1397, and critics said the measure goes against HB 1775, a law passed in 2021 that prohibits teaching that one race or sex is inherently superior to another and that anyone, by virtue of race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
Related content:
Civil rights bill draws ire of Black state senators
From May 2021: Gov. Stitt signs controversial bill that limits in-school instruction on race, gender and history
From June 2022: Tulsa Public Schools violated state law on race, gender, history, State Education Department says
Podcast episode from August 2022 with Rep. John Waldron: House Bill 1775 is a dumb law but we're dealing with it
From September 2022: State pushes back in HB 1775 lawsuit over race, gender instruction
Click here to submit a letter to the editor
Contact us
Editorial Editor Ginnie Graham: Email | Twitter | Follow her stories
Subscribe to this podcast at: Apple | Google | Spotify
Support the show: https://tulsaworld.com/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.