Essential parts of our history have been willfully suppressed & ignored, but we can only be the best nation we can be by facing the facts - alternative facts wont do. That has been the work of sociologist, historian, writer and teacher James Loewen. His work has included ground-breaking research about racism where & when we haven't acknowledged it, in the Sundown Towns, outside of the traditional South, and his analysis of the failings of our history curriculum, Lies My Teacher Told Me. 

Original Air Date: 09/29/2018

Essential parts of our history have been willfully suppressed & ignored, but we can only be the best nation we can be by facing the facts - alternative facts wont do. That has been the work of sociologist, historian, writer and teacher James Loewen. His work has included ground-breaking research about racism where & when we haven't acknowledged it, in the Sundown Towns, outside of the traditional South, and his analysis of the failings of our history curriculum, Lies My Teacher Told Me. Original Air Date: 09/29/2018

Essential parts of our history have been willfully suppressed &amp; ignored, but we can only be the best nation we can be by facing the facts - alternative facts wont do. That has been the work of sociologist, historian, writer and teacher James Loewen. His work has included ground-breaking research about racism where &amp; when we haven't acknowledged it, in the Sundown Towns, outside of the traditional South, and his analysis of the failings of our history curriculum, Lies My Teacher Told Me. 

Original Air Date: 09/29/2018

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Racism

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