Alabama Public Radio is celebrating forty years on the air in 2022. The APR news team is diving into our archives to bring you encore airings of the best of our coverage. That includes this story from 2020. APR student intern Sydney Melson produced this feature on so called “segregation academies” in Alabama. Here’s thaty story from the APR archives
Every time Annemarie Gray begins teaching a new unit in her history class, she changes the posters on the walls of her classroom at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham. They currently feature Andrew Jackson and maps showing what’s known as the Trail of Tears. For the next lesson, she’ll
Bans on critical race theory in public education are up for debate in Alabama’s and Mississippi’s legislature. Here’s how teachers feel about the issue.
Bans on critical race theory in public education are on the docket around the Gulf South. History teachers discuss how they’re feeling about possible censors to their curriculums.