African American Studies

The vice president's last-minute visit Friday came in response to Florida's controversial new rules on the teaching of Black history.

In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.

Amid the "woke" controversy, Freedom schools aim to keep teaching African American history.

High school and college students are expected to participate in the walkout.

The nonprofit, American Oversight, is requesting records involving communication between state and federal education officials, outside groups, and the office of Gov. DeSantis.

DeSantis started the media conference showing some of the pages from the books that have been flagged.

American philosopher Cornel West spoke in Tallahassee during a panel discussion about social justice issues on Saturday, a few days before lawmakers meet in regular session.

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

We also feature WUSF audio postcards highlighting Black history this month.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discussed Gov. Ron DeSantis' education policies, interim New College President Richard Corcoran getting a pay bump of nearly $400,000 over his predecessor, and explain ESG investing.

Said Sharpton: “Our children need to know the whole story. Not to not only know how bad you were, but to know how strong they are."

Tensions became public after the state rejected several topics that were proposed for inclusion in an Advanced Placement African American studies course.