Eliminate Federal Spending in All Public, Charter, and Private School Districts that Prevent African American History Curriculum and Books in the Schools
WHEREAS, The Governors of Florida, Texas, Alabama and other states seek to erase Black History from school curricula; and
WHEREAS, Black history is American History; and
WHEREAS, Black citizens are American tax-paying citizens; and
WHEREAS, Federal laws prohibit discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, family status, and disability; and
WHEREAS, Black taxpayers contribute to public school funding; and all public schools are funded by federal and state taxes; and
WHEREAS, Black taxpayer dollars fund school curricula and libraries; and
WHEREAS, Black people have every right to learn their history in a public school setting as well as public libraries that are funded by federal, state and local tax dollars.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People calls on the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the United States Department of Education to investigate and pursue a