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Leonard Pitts: Where Black history is concerned, America specializes in not knowing

Many conservatives believe schools ought not teach Black history if it might hurt white feelings.

Rev. Robert Turner, with Vernon A.M.E Church, prays as crews work on a second test excavation and core sampling, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in the search for remains at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Okla., from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)