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Every week lately, Florida seems to make more headlines for trying to turn public schools into a political war zone. The two latest examples: The Sentinel revealed the Florida Department of ...
The Florida Board of Education passed new standards for teaching Black history in public schools Teachers enraged that Florida’s new Black history standards say slaves could ‘benefit’ Skip ...
The Florida State Board of Education issued new standards that included teaching middle school students that enslaved Black people benefited The post Harris delivers fiery speech in Florida after ...
Republican governor’s right-wing record could pose a roadblock to effort to win moderate voters
The passing of this resolution was in anticipation of the 400th anniversary commemoration of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia (the first permanent English settlement in North America), which was an early colonial slave port. Apologies have also been issued by Alabama, California, [2] Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, and North Carolina. [3]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, facing heavy criticism for defending “anti-woke” teaching in Florida, this week teed up an unusual proposal to the nation's first Black vice president: Come debate ...
Cornish was born into slavery in Maryland in 1793. [1] In 1839, his enslaver hired him out to a railroad-building project in Port Leon, Florida.The position allowed Cornish to earn money for himself, and after nine years of work at $600 a year, he was able to purchase his freedom and that of his wife Lillah. [1]
Florida A&M Hospital; Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network; Florida Black Heritage Trail; Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame; Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association; The Florida Star; Fort Mose; Siege of Fort Mose; Freedom Highways campaign; Freemanville, Florida; Frenchtown (Tallahassee)