African-American Parent Sues School because Class Read a Book about Slavery

The Macomb Daily:  “The father of a former student at Warren Consolidated Schools has sued the district, claiming that her African-American daughter was the victim of racial bias and harassment by the teacher reading aloud of passages from a book about slavery.  Jamey Petree, representing Jala Petree, says that excerpts [four paragraphs] from “From Slave Ship to Freedom Road” were read last January by Jala’s fifth-grade teacher at Margaret Black Elementary School in Sterling Heights.”