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Column: The story behind that Florida school curriculum that whitewashed slavery keeps getting worse
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoMarker commemorating the Rosewood massacre of 1923: Can Florida escape its racist past? (Historical...
Column: Ron DeSantis and the whitewashing of slavery's horrors
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis: Why is this man laughing? (John Raoux / Associated Press) With the news...
DeSantis whitewashes slavery as Biden honors Emmett Till. Spot the difference?
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHere's a quick look at one of the differences between America’s two political parties: GOP...
'No humane, intelligent way to justify slavery': Local leaders react to new curriculum
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Florida Board of Education's decision to approve a new curriculum for Black history for K-12...
New Florida standards teach that Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNew standards for teaching Black history in Florida’s public schools were approved Wednesday that...
Jacksonville attorney considering legal challenge to new Florida African American history standards
WJAX via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe flashpoint cited by critics of the new standards, including Vice President Kamala Harris, is a line reading, “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit”.