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Not far from a birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement, a school district convulses after Black history and literature classes are canceled.

Not far from a birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement, a school district convulses after Black history and literature classes are canceled.

Opponents of the Francis Howell School District’s decision to force Black studies to be taught from a “politically neutral” position say it is a bid to maintain “white supremacy.”

The news of an all-white, conservative-led Francis Howell School Board voting to drop elective courses on Black history and Black literature - then almost immediately rescinding the mandate made national

Source: 4nadia / Getty A Republican-led school board in Missouri has reversed a decision to drop Black History courses in their predominantly white district, but only if certain criteria are met. According to AP, the Francis Howell School District will allow students to continue to take elective Black History courses, only if the board can approve a new curriculum "that is rigorous and largely politically neutral," said board president Adam Bertrand and superintendent Kenneth Roumpos in a statement. "After thorough discussions, we believe there is an appropriate path forward to ...