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Last Wednesday, the Florida Board of Education approved new Black History academic standards amid criticism. Teachers from across Florida objected to the changes. But, Education commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. pushed back saying the standards are developed by the Department of Education’s African American History Task Force.
“As age-appropriate, we go into some of the tougher subjects, all the way into the beginnings of the slave trade, Jim Crow laws, the civil-rights movement and everything that occurred throughout our history,” Diaz said.
The new standards are being criticized as telling “half the truth” and letting “kids fill in the blanks for themselves.”
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On Monday, Reverend RB Holmes, pastor of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church of Tallahassee, Florida, and Chairman of The Tallahassee Chapter of The National Action Network joined religious Leaders, civil rights activists, and others to respond to what they call “Governor DeSantis’ racist, regressive and reactionary agenda.”
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