Texas now wants to cancel MLK’s “I have a dream” speech and “Letter from Birmingham jail”

So it has come to this. The Texas Senate is proposing cancelling MLK’s “I have a dream speech” and “Letter from the Birmingham jail.” Here are a couple of Tweets about their newest frenzy.

Texas Senate proposes erasing MLK “I have a dream speech” and “Letter from Birmingham jail” from curriculum. What are ur thoughts on this? @G_bledsoe @naacp @DrKeffrelynB @DianeRavitch @nhannahjones @DDavila1226 @EdAustin_TX @BeckyPringle @ginaTXSBOE1 @DerrickNAACP @DiegoBernalTX https://t.co/65teih4YeA
— 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃𝒱𝒶𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓏𝐻𝑒𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑔 (@ProfessorJVH) July 9, 2021

Texas has continually attempted to ignore and erase historically marginalized communities from social studies. We studied this almost a decade ago in the Harvard Educational Review using #CriticalRaceTheory #CRT https://t.co/KZYGgKmcX7 https://t.co/hrAl7JOgIP
— 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃𝒱𝒶𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓏𝐻𝑒𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑔 (@ProfessorJVH) July 9, 2021

They should be ashamed of themselves in Texas. Listen to the historians and educators! https://t.co/hrAl7JOgIP
— 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃𝒱𝒶𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓏𝐻𝑒𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑔 (@ProfessorJVH) July 9, 2021

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Texas now wants to cancel MLK’s “I have a dream” speech and “Letter from Birmingham jail”

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