Black Mom Sues LA Unified Over Cotton-Picking Project at Elementary School, Lawsuit Says

Black Mom Sues LA Unified Over Cotton-Picking Project at Elementary School, Lawsuit Says
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By Summer Lin From Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES—A Black parent filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Board of Education, saying that a cotton field was set up at an elementary school in 2017 that was intended to teach students about the experiences of slaves.