Actually, I’m having a little problem believing that, myself. I’ve read quite a few recent HS history texts, and I can’t remember a one that didn’t mention lynching, either in the Reconstruction era, or when discussion Jim Crow laws in the early 20th Century.
“It’s a little hard for me to believe that the high schoolers who hung the nooses weren’t at all aware of the symbolism of nooses in the South, though.”"Actually, I’m having a little problem believing that, myself. I’ve read quite a few recent HS history texts, and I can’t remember a one that didn’t mention lynching, either in the Reconstruction era, or when discussion Jim Crow laws in the early 20th Century."
Perhaps they hadn't yet realized that such symbolism precludes any other interpretation...