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Texas House adds MLK and Frederick Douglass speeches to bill that would mandate teaching “informed American patriotism”

from News from The Texas Tribune · host Texas Tribune

House Bill 4509 would mandate that students study documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. The bill’s author added speeches from Black historical figures after criticism at a hearing last month.

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