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  2. Culture of Florida - Wikipedia

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    In northern Florida, there are many horse breeding and riding farms, and the area around Ocala is one of the centers of thoroughbred horse breeding in the world. Florida culture is also influenced by tourism, an important industry in the state. Florida is home to the largest number of cruise ships in the world, and many people work in the ...

  3. 'What? Me? Racist?': Florida releases examples of 'prohibited ...

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    Florida’s Education Department released four examples of portions of math books it rejected last Friday, saying the texts referred to critical race theory, or C

  4. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.

  5. Florida claims critical race theory is in math textbooks - AOL

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    Despite the state's disapproval, under Florida law individual districts can still buy the texts if at least half their book spending is on approved material. Florida claims critical race theory is ...

  6. Florida rejects 54 math books, saying some contain critical ...

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    Florida's Education Department rejected 54 math books last week, claiming some of the texts referred to critical race theory, or CRT, and other "prohibited

  7. Dudley Weldon Woodard - Wikipedia

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    Dudley Weldon Woodard (October 3, 1881 – July 1, 1965) was a Galveston-born American mathematician and professor, and the second African-American to earn a PhD in mathematics; the first was Woodard's mentor Elbert Frank Cox, who earned a PhD from Cornell in 1925).

  8. Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs - Wikipedia

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    Gibbs between 1868 and 1874. Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, II (September 28, 1821 – August 14, 1874) was an American Presbyterian minister who served as Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida, and, along with U.S. Congressman Josiah Thomas Walls, was among the most powerful black officeholders in the state during Reconstruction.

  9. Florida math book ban miscalculates | Editorial - AOL

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    Florida's anti-woke ban on math textbooks riles political base but undermines public school education