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Teacher under fire for cotton, cuffs in class on slavery

Rochester school officials are investigating allegations that a white teacher told his class of mostly Black students to pick seeds out of cotton and put on handcuffs during lessons on slavery in a seventh-grade social studies class.

Associated Press

May 2, 2022, 5:45 AM

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