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Illinois Prison Fired Incarcerated Teacher for Saying Jim Crow Laws Were Racist, Lawsuit Says
The teacher was disciplined after refusing a supervisor’s orders to tell students literacy tests weren’t racist and instead meant to ensure people “knew what they were voting for,” according to the lawsuit.