Tag: American history
Murphy says New Jersey Will Expand AP Black History Classes
By MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday that his administration is expanding Advanced Placement African American Studies...
Door of No Return: Yellen visits Onetime Slave-Trading Post
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an...
CALIFORNIA HAWAII NAACP CONDEMNS SLAVE AUCTION AT CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL
The official statement from the California Hawaii NAACP reads:
"Last week, a Tiktok video from River Valley High School surfaced, showing three Black students in...
Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court
By Mark Pratt, Associated Press
The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the...
Advanced Placement courses could clash with laws that target critical race theory
By Suneal Kolluri, University of California, Riverside
Scientific theories to justify racism. Laws and Supreme Court decisions that denied Black people equal rights. The imperialist...