Study: Education About Civil Rights Movement 'Dismal'
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NPR is reporting that nearly three-quarters of states fail at teaching the civil rights movement, according to a study released by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The study assigned 35 states a grade of "F". Only three states -- Alabama, New York and Florida -- received an "A".
Here's how the study's authors sum it up:
"Rather than recognizing the profound national significance of the civil rights movement, most states mistakenly see it as a regional matter, or a topic of interest mainly for black students. Nine of the 12 highest-scoring states are from the former Confederacy. They are joined by the states of Illinois, Maryland, and New York.
Generally speaking, the farther away from the South -- and the smaller the African-American population --