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Publisher to remove Black Confederate reference

  • 10-22-2010
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By Jacob Fenston/NPR (Audio)

In Virginia, a new textbook for fourth graders has created a stir. The line in question claims that thousands of blacks fought for the South in the Civil War. It's a claim disputed by most historians and an idea pushed by some to minimize slavery's role as a reason the war was fought. (more…)

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