MONROE, Mich. (AP) – A southeast Michigan public school teacher has been removed from the classroom while district officials look into whether a lesson plan on African American history and racial segregation laws was inappropriate.

The Monroe News reportsthat 59-year-old Alan Barron was placed on paid leave nearly two weeks ago.

The newspaper reports that an eighth-grade Monroe Middle School history class was shown a video of how white entertainers once used black face paint to imitate blacks.

The district said it is looking “into a reported situation” in Barron’s classroom. Barron has taught 36 years in the district.

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s. #According to parents whose children are in the eighth- grade class, the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist. Mr. Barron was suspended the next day
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s. #According to parents whose children are in the eighth- grade class, the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist. Mr. Barron was suspended the next day
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s. #According to parents whose children are in the eighth- grade class, the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist. Mr. Barron was suspended the next day
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s. #According to parents whose children are in the eighth- grade class, the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist. Mr. Barron was suspended the next day
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s. #According to parents whose children are in the eighth- grade class, the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist. Mr. Barron was suspended the next day
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s. #According to parents whose children are in the eighth- grade class, the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist. Mr. Barron was suspended the next day
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s. #According to parents whose children are in the eighth- grade class, the administrator thought the lesson plan was offensive and racist. Mr. Barron was suspended the next day
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Alan Barron was placed on paid leave nearly two weeks ago after an eighth-grade history class at Monroe Middle School was shown a video of how white entertainers once used black face paint to imitate blacks, according to The Monroe News.

An assistant principal sat in on the history class as Barron, 59, discussed Jim Crow laws and showed the video.

“Mr. Barron has been on leave … while we look into a reported situation in his classroom,” the district said this week in a statement. “Because this is a personnel matter that is going through the teacher-contract required steps, we cannot comment any further.”

Barron also is supervisor of Monroe Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit. The Associated Press left a message seeking comment Saturday at a phone number listed for Barron, who is expected to retire this year after 36 years in the district.

As part of his suspension, Barron can’t attend an annual banquet for retiring teachers or other district functions.

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s.
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s.
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s.
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s.
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s.
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s.
Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/may/30/monroe-teacher-alan-barron-suspended/

Parent Adrienne Aaron says her daughter was not offended and that “history is history.”

The Associated Press left a message seeking comment Saturday at a phone number listed for Barron.