On February 1, 2023– the first day of Black History Month – the College Board released the framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a ...

The mere existence of the high school Advanced Placement course in African American Studies has become a political wedge. It was created for two primary reasons: to legitimize Black history as a ...

Representing Fort Lauderdale, David Reese and Gabriella Alvarez, both 17, consult over a question during the Senior preliminary rounds of The African American History Challenge in 2010. The Challenge ...

Georgia’s top education official confirmed Monday that he would not endorse Advanced Placement African American Studies, setting off waves of criticism, a rally at the Capitol, questions from the ...

The nonprofit met with Governor DeSantis’s state officials, who asked whether the course was “trying to advance Black Panther thinking.” By Anemona Hartocollis Dana Goldstein and Stephanie Saul On the ...