Tag: Cuba High School

Eleven students sit around tables in a classroom with one green wall and one white wall. There are posters, maps and printed sheets on the walls, and there is podcasting equipment in one back corner. The student in the foreground has long, light brown hair and a big red hoodie.

Rural student “didn’t see any changes” after Illinois LGBTQ+ history law passed

Common textbooks from companies like McGraw Hill have long included information on Asian American, African American and Native American history — but not LGBTQ+ history. That can make it challenging for teachers to comply with Illinois inclusive history requirements.

Long shadows fall across an empty street. The bare limbs of a tree stretch over a one-story post office.

High schoolers in rural, western Illinois learn the history of why their town is white

“My students want to ask about lynchings in the area,” said Cuba High School history teacher Joe Brewer. “It’s difficult for folks to talk about still, but those are the exact questions my students want to address.”