‘Shocked’: Family Upset over Black History Lesson that Had Students Act as Slaves

‘Shocked’: Family upset over Black history lesson that had students act as slaves

A New York school district is under fire after a student and parent filed a complaint over a classroom history lesson about share cropping and slavery.

NYCLU challenges Le Roy CSD's roleplay lesson, demands changes

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) says students in the Le Roy Central School District were forced to mimic sharecropping and roleplay slaves during a lesson.

Family criticizes LeRoy school district over Black history lesson

Tovia Poles said her 13-year-old daughter, Jaianna Young, came home upset one day after taking part in a class activity about sharecropping and slavery.

Upstate NY school had kids play former slaves in ‘racially hostile’ lesson, NYCLU says

A civil rights organization is calling for change after an Upstate New York school district had students play former enslaved people in a lesson about sharecropping.The New York Civil Liberties Union is expressing serious concerns about a class simulation in September 2025 in the Le Roy Central School District that required students to roleplay as “former slaves,” the organization wrote in a letter sent to the district on Feb. 9.

Le Roy school district defends classroom lesson challenged by NYCLU

Le Roy Central School District is defending a classroom simulation about sharecropping after the New York Civil Liberties Union called on the district to acknowledge that the lesson created a racially hostile environment.The NYCLU sent a letter to Superintendent Meritt Holly on Monday challenging the district's determination that a September 2025 classroom activity did not violate the Dignity for All Students Act.The district disagreed with the …

UPDATE: Le Roy CSD objects to NYCLU criticism of sharecropping lesson

LE ROY — Le Roy Central School District superintendent Merritt Holly on Tuesday dismissed criticism from the New York Civil Liberties Union over the school district’s handling of a lesson in which students were assigned to play the role of…