'Whitewashing' the curriculum: ACLU takes aim at Department of Defense schools • Virginia Mercury

'Whitewashing' the curriculum: ACLU takes aim at Department of Defense schools • Virginia Mercury

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. Department of Defense over what it calls a sweeping campaign of censorship in public schools run for military families, including one in Virginia, accusing federal officials of banning books and curricula related to race, gender and civil rights in violation of students’ First Amendment rights.In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the ACLU …