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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 ...
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 ...
Constitution of the United States. Although the original United States Constitution did not contain the words "slave" or "slavery" within its text, [1] it dealt directly with American slavery in at least five of its provisions and indirectly protected the institution elsewhere in the document. [2] [3]
Florida's purchase by the United States from Spain in 1819 (effective 1821) was primarily a measure to strengthen the system of slavery on Southern plantations, by denying potential runaways the formerly safe haven of Florida. Florida became a slave state, seceded, and passed laws to exile or enslave free blacks.
Civil rights groups, lawmakers and educators blast ‘inaccurate and a scary’ African American history standards Florida school guidelines can punish trans students and teach how slavery ...
One of the requirements for Florida to become a state and join the Union was that its constitution must be approved by the United States Congress.In order to fulfill that requirement, an act was passed by the Florida Territorial Council in 1838, approved by Governor Richard Keith Call, calling for the election of delegates in October 1838 to a convention to be held at St. Joseph, Florida.
New standards for teaching Black history in Florida’s public schools were approved Wednesday that include teaching pupils how slaves developed beneficial skills.
Florida's new civics curriculum doesn't merely whitewash slavery - it also ignores America's support for brutal dictatorships throughout history.