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A green pin-back button belonging to African-American poet and teacher Abiodun Oyewole (born 1948). The sentiment expresses the necessity of providing a teaching sylllabus which accurately reflects all of American history including areas such as slavery, segregation and the Civil Rights movement. The button has a green background with black and pink type that reads: [TEACH / THE CHILDREN / THE TRUTH]. The back of the button has a single pin with a clasp.