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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 first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.
Historic sources show several of the 16 individuals cited by the Florida Department of Education were never even slaves. Critics cite historical inaccuracies in Florida’s defense of slave ‘job ...
For another year, Florida public school students will continue to learn that Black Americans in some way benefited from slavery. On Wednesday, the Florida Board of Education approved the state's ...
GOP Sen. Tim Scott told reporters Thursday that, despite new language in Florida public schools, "there is no silver lining" in slavery.
In the 21st century, various legislatures have issued public apologies for slavery in the United States.. On February 24, 2007, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution Number 728, acknowledging "with profound regret the involuntary servitude of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and call for reconciliation among all Virginians". [1]
Pages in category "African-American history of Florida" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and ...