whytheracecardisplayed1 min readWhitewashing American HistoryUpdated: May 1, 2023Rated 0 out of 5 stars.No ratings yet#educationSpeakers and promoters at the pageant, historian Jeffrey Kosiorek writes, celebrated the “ideals conceived at Jamestown, developed at Williamsburg, and birthed at Yorktown.” FDR’s speech called the resulting United States “a new concept of liberty for the human race.” The festivities, however, were racially segregated.
#educationSpeakers and promoters at the pageant, historian Jeffrey Kosiorek writes, celebrated the “ideals conceived at Jamestown, developed at Williamsburg, and birthed at Yorktown.” FDR’s speech called the resulting United States “a new concept of liberty for the human race.” The festivities, however, were racially segregated.
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