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Heart in the Right Place, Brain in the Wrong Place

by Josh Marshall
04.13.11 | 10:48 am

Finding ways to commemorate the Civil War and describe the horrors of slavery to a class of fourth graders has to be a challenge. But having the white kids auction off the black kids just probably ain’t the way to do it.

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