Confederate flap leads to new course in Montgomery County (VA)

Posted: Saturday, December 19, 2015 6:00 am
By Travis Williams travis.williams@roanoke.com 381-1643

CHRISTIANSBURG — The turmoil over Confederate symbols helped pave the way for a new course in Montgomery County's public high schools ...

"I think it's encouraging that we're teaching kids about where we live and where they come from," said Board member Marti Graham of the history course ...

Having been provided a sample syllabus for the course, Franklin said she was concerned the curriculum would not be inclusive of all perspectives.

"I believe it <the course> is partly as a result of what's going on with the Confederate flag and folks saying we need to give kids some more insight into the history, which I think is a good thing, but I don't believe what I have seen is going to reflect what the African American experience in Appalachia is and has been," Franklin said.
Franklin said she would like to see more details on what could be planned to accurately represent that experience, including the mining culture and Christiansburg Industrial Institute ...

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