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James Talarico: “There was a bill to remove figures like Dr. King and…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 10:19

There was a bill. You can go back and. And watch this exchange on the House floor with state representative Steve Toth. There was a bill to remove figures like Dr. King and Frederick Douglass from our civics curriculum in Texas. And I confronted the bill author on the floor of the Texas House and talked about the need to teach all of our history, the good, the bad and the ugly. (10:19–10:26)

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Asserts that a bill existed to remove Dr. King and Frederick Douglass from Texas civics curriculum.

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