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Article: Apparently, our 1974 controversy isn't over: ; The textbook war still provokes heated arguments
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 9, 2009
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TUESDAY night's panel discussion on the Kanawha County textbook
controversy of 35 years ago, sponsored by the Kanawha Valley
Historical Preservation Society, was a rare opportunity to bring
together many of the key players from one of the great and terrible
episodes in the state's history.
The hair is grayer, the waistlines a little bigger, and the step
a little slower now for many of those who squared off in the
tumultuous 1974 debate.
But the tenor of Tuesday night's panel, which included a number
of audience members who were active in the controversy, showed that
the arguments carry the same passion as they did 35 years ago.
For much of 1974, Kanawha County was divided over whether to ...