Florida Department of Education defends new Black history standards, despite criticism from VP, others

Posted on July 25, 2023
Florida Department of Education defends new Black history standards, despite criticism from VP, others

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks, as U.S. President Joe Biden and Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. listen, during signing ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi July 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. The new national monument will be anchored at three historic sites in Chicago, Illinois; Sumner, Mississippi; and just outside of Glendora, Mississippi. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved new academic standards for instruction about African American history.

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