Teachers protest bills targeting critical race theory, race education

More than 6,600 teachers have signed a pledge to "teach truth" in schools.

Teachers are gathering in more than 115 cities this weekend to "teach truth" in protest of the anti-race education and anti-critical race theory legislation being proposed across the country. In Philadelphia, teachers, students and activists are gathering at the home of George Washington to tell the stories of enslaved people who played a role in the creation of the nation. Specifically, they'll discuss the people that the first U.S. president kept as slaves. Nine slaves served him at the executive mansion, according to the National Park Service. At the time of his death, Washington enslaved more than 100 people. In Kansas City, Missouri, demonstrators will march from Lincoln College Preparatory Academy -- one of the first schools for Black students -- to the Black Archives of Mid-America, a museum that documents the social, economic, political and cultural history of Black Americans.