MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA - SEPTEMBER 2: A view of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a park built by the Equal Justice Initiative to pay tribute and honor the over 4,000 African Americans who were murdered in acts of racial terrorism across America during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, as seen on September 2, 2022 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
On Wednesday (July 19), the Florida Board of Education faced backlash for newly-approved standards on teaching Black history in public schools.
The approval happened in Orlando amid extensive state-wide debate over Black American history lessons. Meanwhile, activists and educators are expressing fears of white-washing the “full truth” of American history.
