should be offered as an option to our students in our high schools. it would take our best and brightest students to take this class. they would have to be interested. they would have to self select this class and not having an equal opportunity to take that classes doing a disservice to the students. in fact, when you don t know what your history is, in many cases, and i m paraphrasing, you have failed and are doomed to repeat that history, so we don t wanna repeat bad history, what we want to do is educate our kids and ap african american history is american history. black people, african americans, have been at the very fabric and fiber of everything that is good in this country, from perseverance, to making sure that we promote our culture through song and dance and art and culture and the sciences and education. and so as as mary mcleod bethune would tell you, one of the greatest educators i ve ever known, and a floridian, would tell you leave these children with love. leave the
where are they going for information? this is a democracy. we should be concerned our students get all the information they need. let me highlight where they are getting african american history. we have four hbcus in the state of florida. i m proud of what they re doing to teach that history. but this is an ap class that should be offered to our students in our high schools. it would take the best and brightest to take the class, they have to self-select this class. not having the opportunity to take the class is a disservice. when you don t know what your history is, i m paraphrasing, you re failed and doomed to repeat history. we don t want to repeat bad history. we want to educate our kids and ap african american history is american history. black people, african americans have been at the fiber of everything good in this country, from perseverance, to making
Franklin County Visitors Bureau Celebrates African American History, Women s History and American History at Franklin County 11/30 Visitors Center
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Franklin County Visitors Bureau invites the public to explore African American History, Women s History and American History with exhibits, selfie installation, and essays at Franklin County 11/30 Visitors Center.
Franklin County 11/30 Visitors Center invites the public to add their selfie to the African American History Is American History installation.
Inspired by the Martin Luther King quote: “The time is always right to do what is right,” Franklin County Visitors Bureau is sponsoring an essay contest. The contest is open to young and old. Doing the right thing shaped African American history, women’s history, and all of American history.
the u.s. postal service kicked off the mud by issuing the dorothy height forever stamp, the 40th step in their black heritage serious peer dr. hite led the national council of negro women for four decades and was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president bill clinton in 1994 and the congressional medal of freedom by president george w. bush in 2004. excuse me, 1994 and 2004p president obama delivered her eulogy in 2010 and president trump is now proud the post office is honoring her incredible legacy as a civil rights icon. at events throughout the entire month, we will celebrate the contributions of courageous african-american leaders from harriet tubman and frederick douglass to martin luther king junior and clarence thomas. african-american history is american history, and this month is a great reminder of that. continuing with today s schedule, the vice president went to the hill with judge gorsuch to meet with lawmakers for the first time since being named last night.
later today, the president will issue a proclamation. the u.s. postal service kicked off the month by issuing a dorothy heit stamp. she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president bill clinton in 1994 and the congressional medal of freedom by president george w. bush in 2004. excuse me. 1994 and 2004. president obama delivered her eulogy in 2010. we ll celebrate the courageous african-american leaders. african-american history is american history and this month is a great reminr of that. continuing with today s schedule, the vice president went to t hill with judge gorsuch to meet with lawmakers for the first time since being named last night. on the hill, the vice president