NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a former history teacher and student of history, I’m deeply concerned by the dark efforts at work to silence these stories. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund estimates that more than 1,600 books have been banned across the country, with 566 books having been banned in Florida alone. Teachers and librarians are living in fear of triggering the next battle of the ongoing culture war as they simply try to do their job.

The post COMMENTARY: Black History Month and the Importance of Telling Our History first appeared on BlackPressUSA.

The post COMMENTARY: Black History Month and the Importance of Telling Our History first appeared on Post News Group.