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Florida’s academic standards distort contributions that enslaved Africans made to American society

August 15, 2023
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By Rodney Coates – Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University (Special to Black Headline News) https://vimeo.com/849660782 The state of Florida ignited a controversy when it released a set of 2023 academic standards that require fifth graders to be taught that enslaved Black people in the U.S. “developed skills which, in some instances,

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