#aphistory — Public Fediverse posts

"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/

BRILLIANT response from the College Board to Florida's egregious 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

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#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

Meet the 2024 Republican Presidential Nominee.

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