By Nehemiah Frank and Ezekiel J. Walker, Illustration: Alfred Waud, The Black Wall Street Times, February 1, 2023
During the Civil Rights Movement, Black Americans made lots of progress, but today many of those gains are being reversed. Ever increasing since the 2016 Presidential Election, right-wing extremism threatens the foundation of America’s civil society. The GOP’s newest target is an AP program, a college level course on African American studies offered to high school students by the College Board.
Florida – Ground Zero for America’s Cultural War
Seemingly in fear that books like the 1619 Project, by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah Jones, and Stamped from the Beginning, by Ibram X. Kendi, award-winning author and professor, exposes America’s national origin story’s racism, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has chosen to place a chilling effect on academia developed by Black scholars
On April 22, 2022, DeSantis signed HB 7 into law, which prohibits educators and schools from teaching critical race theory or anything that can be interpreted as such. Moreover, it prohibits teachers from making students feel guilt or shame about their race because of historical events.
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