NPR

Views From The Classroom On The New AP African-American Studies Course

There are a lot of different Advanced Placement history courses out there: art history, European history, U.S. history. Now, after a decade in development, there finally is an AP course focused on ...
Time

African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It’s More Important Than Ever

On the first day of one of the first AP African American Studies classes ever taught, Marlon Williams-Clark rattled off a list of Black luminaries to see how many his students had heard of. Only one ...
NPR

Revised AP African American Studies class drops controversial topics after criticism

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A revised curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies downplays some components that drew criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov. Ron ...
ABC News

AP African American studies dropped in South Carolina, prompting criticism

South Carolina is the third state to do so. South Carolina's Department of Education has decided to eliminate Advanced Placement African American Studies in its high schools, saying districts can ...