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These are 7 of the Black activists, historians, and writers Ron DeSantis doesn't want students knowing
These are 7 of the Black activists, historians, and writers Ron DeSantis doesn't want students knowing
Yoonji HanFeb 10, 2023, 23:11 IST
Ta-Nehisi Coates, bell hooks, and Angela Davis are among the Black writers and scholars excised from the revised AP African American studies curriculum.Paul Marotta/Getty Images; Margaret Thomas/The The Washington Post via Getty Images; Paul Morigi/WireImage
The College Board released its revised curriculum for a new AP class in African American studies.
The Florida Department of Education had rejected the course, including topics like intersectionality and Black queer studies.
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Kimberle Crenshaw, legal scholar of intersectionality and critical race theory
Kimberle Crenshaw at the New York Women's Foundation's 2018 "Celebrating Women" breakfast.Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The New York Women's Foundation
Angela Davis, philosopher and activist
Duke Downey/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images; Paul Morigi/WireImage
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bell hooks, feminist writer and social activist
bell hooks, a Black feminist icon.Margaret Thomas/The The Washington Post via Getty Images
Roderick Ferguson, professor of gender and sexuality studies
Roderick Ferguson is a leading scholar of queer studies.Yale University
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, author and journalist
Ta-Nehisi Coates giving a talk at Harvard.Paul Marotta/Getty Images
Leslie Kay Jones, social movements scholar
Leslie Kay Jones is a social movements scholar at Rutgers University.Rutgers University