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Nearly 300 Black churches in Florida are offering Black history lessons in response to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to limit how race and other subjects are taught in schools.
Only 11 school districts in Florida have plans in place to teach the required Black history courses that Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state provides.
With DeSantis leading the charge, Florida rejected a proposed Advanced Placement African American studies course because it discussed the topics of reparations, Black feminism and the Movement for ...
The Florida NAACP wants its national board to issue a travel advisory for the state, urging Black people to avoid visiting Florida in response to anti-Black legislation put forth by Republican Gov ...
After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the end of his 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday, Black Floridians are slamming the state’s chief executive, who they say built his White House ...
DeSantis (left) and Melania Trump, 2019. In February 2019, DeSantis established the First Lady's Medal for Courage, Commitment, and Service. [13] Soon after, she announced Florida's 2019 Black History Month theme as "Celebrating Public Service" where she and the governor honored the winners of Florida's Black History Month student contests and Excellence in Education Award recipients at the ...
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.
Her trip came two days after the Florida Board of Education approved a revised Black history curriculum to satisfy legislation signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate who ...