School apologizes after fifth-graders asked to make 'slave auction' posters

School apologizes after fifth-graders asked to make 'slave auction' posters

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School Apologizes After Fifth-graders Asked to Make 'slave auction' Posters

A New Jersey schools superintendent has apologized for a "culturally insensitive" assignment in which fifth-graders learning about Colonial America were asked to create posters advertising slave auctions.