Ron DeSantis’ rejection of a high school African American history course, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. In a statement, Monday, April 24, 2023, the College Board announced changes will be made to the new AP African American course framework amid criticism earlier in th...
Florida A&M University – Tallahassee, Florida What began with 15 students and two instructors in 1887 has blossomed into thethird-largest HBCU(based on enrollment) in the nation.Florida A&M, or FAMU for short, is the only public HBCU in Florida. Its 422 acres on the “highest hill” ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-TheCollege Boardsays it plans to release the framework for its pilot AP American Studies course on the first day of Black History Month afterFloridaofficialsrejected the curriculumand Gov.Ron Desantismade accusations that it aimed to indoctrinate students with ideolo...
Take a journey through history and learn the importance and significance that blacks played in the creation and progress of Florida and Miami. The Black Miami revisits the past to understand how the race lines in South Florida were created and eventually transcended. ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Minutes after pulling into a Florida strip mall parking lot, gunshots rang out in the darkness. Charles McMillon told his 10-year-old son and another passenger to take cover. A white couple approached with guns in their hands. M
who heads the Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida, has interviewed black women who worked as Miami Beach maids and who often had the task of ironing their employers' Klan robes. "When that was one of the day's tasks, they knew the Klan was making a horseback ...
In response, activists, students, teachers and parents rallied in Tallahassee and three students threatened a lawsuit. Structuring Responses to the Backlash So what are students, parents, teachers and educators to do if they believe their Black History offerings are insufficient? Sharif El-Mekki, ...
History Founded in 2020, the Black News Channel (BNC), based in Tallahassee, Florida, is a 24-hour news channel and website covering news, sports, politics, and entertainment with a focus on the African American community. According to their about page,“Black News Channel is the nation’s...
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks’ win in Maryland means there will be two Black women serving in the Senate together for the first time in U.S. history. The second: Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester, who won Delaware’s open seat. Only three Black women have ever served ...
Visit the Founded in 1887, Florida A&M Universitywebsite. 4. Hampton University Hampton University sits at the center of American history – the Emancipation Oak, where the Emancipation Proclamation was read to the liberated slaves who had gathered at the Union Fortress Monroe for protection from...