Got my son’s AP US History book. After a quick perusal of the index, I’m worried about all the “white guilt” he might carry when he reads about all this slavery! 🙄🙄🙄 #gopextremism #culturewars #aphistory

Upon taking office, Gov. Sarah Sanders instructed her new education secretary, Jacob Oliva, to scour Arkansas curricula for signs of indoctrination and critical race theory.

Oliva himself is an import from Ron DeSantis’ Florida, which has led the charge against schools teaching history that doesn’t center on heteronormative white people stuff. #APhistory
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/08/12/arkansas-education-department-nixes-ap-african-american-studies-course-at-last-minute

"White segregationists on the school board sprang immediately into action. They decreed that no book could be “instilled in the schools that is either klan or antiklan,” insinuating that Woodson’s Black history textbook was “antiklan."

The school board banned the book. It confiscated all copies. It punished the teachers. It forced the resignation of the school’s principal. “It’s striking how similar that feels and sounds to the contemporary moment,” the Harvard education historian Jarvis R. Givens told me."

#AfricanAmericanStudies #blackhistorymonth #aphistory

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/02/miseducation-of-negro-book-black-history-ap-african-american-studies/673045/

I am consistently impressed by our youngest American generation. They are kind, curious, well spoken and actually interested in making this world a better place. Bravo to this young woman for standing up! #Florida #APHistory 💪🙌👏👏👏

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRnxB2Gw/

I usually don't have much nice to say about Andrea Mitchell but bravo, I couldn't be happier, stay away ah.
#desantis #nbc #vpharris #msnbc #boycott #aphistory #florida

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BRILLIANT response from the College Board to Florida's egregeious attempts to wreck the teaching of #Black #history WOW

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https://allaccess.collegeboard.org/our-commitment-ap-african-american-studies-scholars-and-field

#aphistory
#blackhistory
#education

Good piece about what’s actually in the course and why it’s a landmark offering for American high schools. Gift article for all who are interested. #APHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies https://wapo.st/3JvNINe

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Governor Ron DeSantis' administration said the proposed course "lacks educational value and is contrary to Florida law".

You can’t teach American history without Black History. #2024 #GOP #APHistory #History #blackhistory #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64348902.amp