Photo: MPI (Getty Images) That Florida man named Gov. Ron DeSantis has made it his life’s mission to restrict what kids learn in the classroom. Specifically, what they learn about Black history. The latest blow to Black history curriculum was his green light for the Department of Education to water down lessons on teaching slavery. […]
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23 Moments in Black History DeSantis Wants to Hide From Florida Students
U.S. National Guard troops block off Beale Street as Civil Rights marchers wearing placards reading, “I AM A MAN” pass by on March 29, 1968. It was the third consecutive march held by the group in as many days. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had left town after the first march, would soon return […]
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U.S. National Guard troops block off Beale Street as Civil Rights marchers wearing placards reading, “I AM A MAN” pass by on March 29, 1968. It was the third consecutive march held by the group in as many days. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had left town after the first march, would soon return […]
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