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When Florida’s State Board of Education adopted new standards for teaching African American history earlier this month, a deluge of criticism quickly followed. It was largely directed at two ...
Winners and their families at the NAACP 2024 Black History Month essay competition, Oak Ridge. Aary’s White receiving his Supporter Award from Annette Flynn, Oak Ridge, June 2024.
The big story: The State Board of Education dove headlong into Florida’s culture wars on Wednesday, setting rules for some of the more controversial laws the Legislature adopted in the spring ...
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora , initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [ 5 ]
The history of Black people in Florida dates back to the pre-American period, beginning with the arrival of Congolese-Spanish conquistador Juan Garrido in 1513, the enslaved Afro-Spanish explorer Estevanico in 1528, and the landing of free and African enslaved persons at Mission Nombre de Dios in the future St. Augustine, Florida in 1565.
The big story: The buzz is still all about Florida’s African American history standards. Much of the attention paid to the standards has focused on a couple of lines. But the full set of ...
List of African American historic places in Florida This list of African American Historic Places in Florida is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]
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