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People whose ancestors immigrated to the US in 1720 or 1850 or 1910 also participate in your school's international night and present their cultures? Which cultures do they present?[/quote]

Wow you are hung up on this.  We have had people present Germany and Ireland.  They clearly were not recent immigrants.  We had people who were clearly not Japanese present Japan.  And my adopted daughter participated in her birth country's table.   There aren't firm rules thankfully - because the point is for everyone to participate.[/quote]

That's the same way at our school.  Parents are welcome to present (and cook!  Yumm!) about their heritage - however they define it and to whatever extent it interests them.  The Italian booth had the most delicious pitzelles made by a mom based on her grandmother's recipe.  And my MIL made hungarian bread based on her mom's recipe.  [/quote]

I'm not sure how people presenting stuff about cultures in Nigeria or Ghana or Angola (or anywhere else) would address OP's issue of making sure that kids at school learn about African-American history?[/quote]

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