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>> no we're not. you know what's different? we just don't remember. my name is greg carr. anyone associate professor and general department of african studies here at howard university. >> and what connection do you have to the history of the civil war and reconstruction? >> well, in addition to the direct history, my ancestors have been brought here from north carolina and alabama. no civil war veterans in my direct family, but we were enslaved in alabama. so obviously, coming out of a civil war, my family, share croppers, coming in the era of jim crow, great migration moving throughout the s...

Last month’s decision by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his administration to reject the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) African American History course has garnered much conversation and rightfully elicited a blowback.  The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) has claimed the material in the course lacks “educational value” is “historically fictional,” and is indoctrinating students […]

Over a year, the nonprofit dropped concepts favored by academics, held a frustrating meeting with Florida officials and left educators in doubt about the process.

<p>The College Board, seeking to explain significant changes to the course&#39;s curriculum, maintained its denial that it did not make the alterations under pressure from Florida officials who, it said, showed&nbsp;&ldquo;ignorance and derision for the field of African American studies.&rdquo;</p>