The Little Rock Nine Is Blasting Arkansas’s Decision To Restrict AP African American Studies

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated August 22, 2023

Some of the surviving members of the Little Rock Nine– the brave group of African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 while facing down violent threats from white segregationists– are publicly criticizing the Arkansas Department of Education.

The state recently imposed restrictions on Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies. While Arkansas is not prohibiting students from enrolling in

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