Things they would prefer you not learn.

Every entry below is a real US event, movement, or figure that has been demonstrably targeted by curriculum bans, book removals, or "anti-CRT" legislation between 2020 and 2026. Click through for the receipts.

• 1981–present (peak activism 1987–1996), United States
  ACT UP / AIDS Crisis
  The AIDS epidemic and ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power)
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• August 25 – September 2, 1921; Logan and Mingo Counties, WV
  Battle of Blair Mountain
  The Battle of Blair Mountain
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• March 7, 1965; Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, AL
  Bloody Sunday, Selma
  Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery Marches
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• 1942–1964; primarily California, Texas, and the Southwest
  Bracero Program
  The Bracero Program
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• UFW founded 1962, Delano, CA; Chavez (1927–1993)
  Cesar Chavez / UFW
  Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the United Farm Workers
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• 1882–1943, nationwide
  Chinese Exclusion Act
  The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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• Curricular contest 2009–present, primarily Texas, Florida, West Virginia, Ohio
  Climate Science
  Anthropogenic climate change in K-12 science standards
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• August 1966; Tenderloin district, San Francisco, CA
  Compton's Cafeteria Riot
  The Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966
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• Elected 1977; assassinated November 27, 1978; San Francisco, CA
  Harvey Milk
  Harvey Milk, San Francisco Supervisor
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• 1819–1969, ~408 federally-supported boarding schools across 37 states
  Indian Boarding Schools
  US Federal Indian Boarding School System
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• 1942–1946; ten War Relocation Authority camps across the West and Arkansas
  Japanese Internment
  The Internment of Japanese Americans (Executive Order 9066)
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• 1947–1957, federal government, Hollywood, academia, public schools
  McCarthyism
  The Second Red Scare and McCarthyism
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• 1873–1973, nationwide
  Pre-Roe Reproductive Rights
  The pre-*Roe v. Wade* reproductive-rights movement (Comstock Act through *Roe*, 1873–1973)
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• 1865–1877, the former Confederacy
  Reconstruction
  Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877
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• 1934–1968 (and after), nationwide
  Redlining
  Federal Housing Administration redlining and racial covenants
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• January 1–7, 1923; Rosewood, Levy County, FL
  Rosewood, 1923
  The Rosewood Massacre of 1923
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• November 14, 1960; William Frantz Elementary, New Orleans, LA
  Ruby Bridges
  Ruby Bridges and the desegregation of New Orleans public schools
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• July 10–21, 1925, Dayton, TN; and continuing
  Scopes / Evolution
  The Scopes "Monkey" Trial and the teaching of evolution
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• June 28 – July 3, 1969; Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, New York, NY
  Stonewall
  The Stonewall Uprising of 1969
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• 1950–1975, federal government, Washington, DC
  The Lavender Scare
  The Lavender Scare (federal purge of gay and lesbian employees)
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• 1830–1850; forced marches from the Southeast to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)
  Trail of Tears
  The Trail of Tears (Indian Removal Act of 1830)
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• March 25, 1911; Asch Building, Greenwich Village, New York, NY
  Triangle Shirtwaist
  The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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• May 31 – June 1, 1921; Greenwood district, Tulsa, OK
  Tulsa, 1921
  The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 (Greenwood / "Black Wall Street")
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• Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 – ratification of the 19th Amendment, August 18, 1920
  Women's Suffrage Movement
  The Women's Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment
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• December 29, 1890; Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD
  Wounded Knee, 1890
  The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890
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