Benjamin Crump Makes Commanding Plea For Black History: It's 'American History'
1 year, 10 months ago

Benjamin Crump Makes Commanding Plea For Black History: It's 'American History'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Attorney Benjamin Crump made a dynamic plea to not let politicians “in Florida or any of the other 50 states” get in the way of Black history during an address at the 54th NAACP Image Awards. “ demand that they acknowledge that the teaching of Black history matters,” Crump said before a standing ovation. Crump, who later referred to a quote from Carter G. Woodson, vowed to not let elected officials “exterminate” Black history, literature or culture. “Not in Florida or any of the other 50 states because it is so important that both Black children and white children and all children know that Black history matters because Black history is American history,” Crump said.

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Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice

LA Times  

Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statues of Confederate soldiers that still stand watch over town squares, the old plantations turned into modern subdivisions that bear the same name. Florida has required public schools to teach African American history for the past 30 …

Column: This is how to beat DeSantis in the endless, racist culture war over Black history
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: This is how to beat DeSantis in the endless, racist culture war over Black history

LA Times  

Tolani Britton and Travis Bristol, a husband-and-wife team of associate professors of education at UC Berkeley, possess the sort of pragmatism that I wish I had in these trying times. It’s a crusade that has only intensified in recent weeks with Florida, first, rejecting an Advanced Placement course on Black history for being too “woke” and, as such, lacking “educational …

Changes planned for College Board’s Black history class
1 year, 8 months ago

Changes planned for College Board’s Black history class

Associated Press  

The College Board is revamping its Advanced Placement African American studies course again, vowing to give students an “unflinching encounter with the facts” following criticism that it watered down curriculum on slavery reparations and the Black Lives Matter movement after pressure from conservative politicians. David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, said he interpreted the College Board’s …

From White House, Biden says ‘Black history matters’
1 year, 10 months ago

From White House, Biden says ‘Black history matters’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that “history matters, and Black history matters” during a White House reception marking Black History Month, a forceful declaration that comes after the state of Florida blocked a new advanced course on African American studies from being taught in its high schools. History matters and Black history matters,” Biden said, to murmurs of …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Celebrates Black History Month In The Worst Way
1 year, 11 months ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Celebrates Black History Month In The Worst Way

Huff Post  

Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost Photo:Getty Images If a middle school student at a public school in Sarasota County, Florida, wants to read “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, one of their parents will have to be notified first. “Happy Black History Month — now let’s ban a book that says racism is wrong!” Tallulah Brand, a …

Black history class revised by College Board amid criticism
1 year, 11 months ago

Black history class revised by College Board amid criticism

Associated Press  

— High school senior Kahlila Bandele is used to courses that don’t address the African American experience. In her AP European History course, she said, “we’re not discussing Black people at all” — even though they were colonized by Europeans. College Board officials said developers consulted with professors from more than 200 colleges, including several historically Black institutions, and took …

Black history AP class rejected in Florida catches on
1 year, 11 months ago

Black history AP class rejected in Florida catches on

The Independent  

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Black history class revised in US after criticism from right
1 year, 11 months ago

Black history class revised in US after criticism from right

Al Jazeera  

The official curriculum for a new high school course on African American studies downplays some components that drew criticism from conservatives in the United States, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who had threatened to ban the class in his state. The College Board, which oversees the AP programme, said the course’s developers consulted with professors from more than 200 colleges, …

Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies
1 year, 11 months ago

Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies

NPR  

Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies Enlarge this image toggle caption Lynne Sladky/AP Lynne Sladky/AP Florida's department of education, under the leadership of Republican Gov. DeSantis has been using Black students as political pawns in his quest to build power and conservative outrage, and the Florida State Board of Education has long enabled him," …

Tennessee and Florida aren’t the only states where teaching about the history of racism is under siege
2 years, 11 months ago

Tennessee and Florida aren’t the only states where teaching about the history of racism is under siege

CNN  

Washington CNN — A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. Last month, a district canceled Butler’s civil rights history seminar for middle school educators over absurd concerns about supposed “critical race theory.” He explained that part of the point of knowledge is to help students become rigorous thinkers so that they can grapple with the complexity …

`Black America's attorney general' seems to be everywhere
3 years, 8 months ago

`Black America's attorney general' seems to be everywhere

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s …

`Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere
3 years, 8 months ago

`Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere

Associated Press  

Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.” In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd -- Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigilantes sparked a movement. He has told a Congressional committee that reform …

‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere

Associated Press  

Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.” In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd -- Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigilantes sparked a movement. “Where there’s injustice, that’s where he wants to …

How black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny
4 years, 6 months ago

How black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — For decades, when it was discussed at all, the killing of hundreds of people in a prosperous black business district nearly a century ago was referred to as the Tulsa race riot. The state’s new standards are going out to schools as a national conversation on racial injustice brings new scrutiny to how African American history is …

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