The Grio

First-ever African American studies advanced placement course starts in select high schools

For the first time since 2014, the College Board is offering an Advanced Placement course. This one — AP African American Studies — is also a first-of-its-kind, giving students at 60 schools around ...
NBC News

A course meant to inspire more Black students to take AP classes sparked a culture war instead

The mere existence of the high school Advanced Placement course in African American Studies has become a political wedge. It was created for two primary reasons: to legitimize Black history as a ...
The Conversation

New Advanced Placement African American Studies course is a watered down version of itself

On February 1, 2023– the first day of Black History Month – the College Board released the framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a ...
The New York Times

The College Board’s Rocky Path, Through Florida, to the A.P. Black Studies Course

The nonprofit met with Governor DeSantis’s state officials, who asked whether the course was “trying to advance Black Panther thinking.” By Anemona Hartocollis Dana Goldstein and Stephanie Saul On the ...