A darker side of Columbus emerges
China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-13 08:04
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Kindergarten students Kaileen Barreto (left) and Shayonna Bridgeman load supplies into a paper replicas of the ships Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria last week during a lesson about the voyage of Christopher Columbus at Philip Shore School of the Arts in Tampa, Florida. AP |
TAMPA, Florida: Christopher Columbus' stature in US classrooms has declined somewhat through the years, and many districts did not observe the explorer's namesake holiday yesterday.
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