Schools still struggling with how to teach about slavery

Corrie Davis, left, picks up her son Turner from Big Shanty Elementary School in Kennesaw, Ga., on Oct. 11, 2017. The previous month, the school invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the Civil War. Davis says a white student dressed as a plantation owner approached her son and said "You are my slave." She requested that the school to stop the annual Civil War dress-up day. (David Goldman/AP, File)

Corrie Davis, left, picks up her son Turner from Big Shanty Elementary School in Kennesaw, Ga., on Oct. 11, 2017. The previous month, the school invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the Civil War. Davis says a white student dressed as a plantation owner approached her son and said "You are my slave." She requested that the school to stop the annual Civil War dress-up day. (David Goldman/AP, File)

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