Founded in 1887, Florida A&M University is Florida’s only public historically black university, and a crucial part of Florida’s STEM research and professional studies. Florida A&M was created under the Morrill Land Grant Act, at a time when Florida’s segregated higher education system requir...
Berea College is the first in the state to readmit Black students. 1950: The U.S. Court of Appeals requires the University of Virginia School of Law to admit Gregory Swanson, a practicing lawyer. Swanson, the first Black admitted to UVA, did not complete his studies due to the ...
Last year, DeSantis' administration blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies from being taught in Florida, saying it violates state law and is historically inaccurate. A spokesperson for the College Board, which oversees Advanced Placement course...
Landers's best-researched historical moment is the second Spanish period (1784–1821), rich in archival sources, case studies, and details. Some topics (women, military, religious life, labor arrangements) are not fully developed for the other two time periods. Especially in the discussion of ...
Throughout his studies, Woodson found that textbooks and teachers alike largely failed to acknowledge the achievements of African Americans. Fast forward to nearly a decade after he formed the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, the historic figure wanted to do more. In 1924, ...
Third, youth-adult partnerships that engage youth in decision-making and action promote self and organizational development (e.g., Kirshner et al., 2002). Longitudinal studies illustrate that teens with positive connections to teachers or other adults more often avoid risky health behaviors; ...
Florida's social studies curriculum has been lambasted by critics for suggesting enslaved people "developed skills" for their "personal benefit."
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In Florida, for example,only 11 of more than 60school districts have Black history teaching plans included in their curriculum guides. Moreover, the state’s new social studies standards introduced the idea that enslaved people learned skills that could benefit them personally — anarrative widely ...
A Chicago-based publishing house will offer free e-books focused on Black history after the College Board revised its Advanced Placement African American studies course earlier this month. And Haymarket Books has Florida, specifically, in its sights. The