High Schools Are Now Offering AP African American History. Here’s What We Hope They Teach

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By Malaika Jabali· Updated August 23, 2022

Every February, a Black person is heard somewhere saying “we really only get one month, THE SHORTEST MONTH, to teach Black history??” February was chosen for a reason by the founder of Black history week, Carter G. Woodson. The late historian might be pleased that some high schools across the country have officially begun to teach AP African American History for the first

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