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The Salem City High schooler didn t learn the story at school.
It s a piece of Black history passed to her dad Walter Hudson at his barbershop, then told to Heavenlee at home.
African American studies are electives in many of New Jersey s public high schools.
As the state s youngest race equity activists awakened last summer to re-energize movements, Black high schoolers say they re thirsty for more on African Americans contributions to the United States.
And they think their classmates of every color should learn those stories, too. Every race, every culture has contributed something important to our (American) history, said Cherry Hill East High School senior Machayla Randall.
These diversity and inclusion classes, which are now mandatory under a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday, will promote economic diversity, equity, inclusion, tolerance and belonging.
The New Jersey Department of Education will provide school districts with sample lesson plans and resources designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the classroom. The goal is to encourage welcoming environments for all public school students regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual and gender identities, mental and physical disabilities and religious belief, according to the legislation.
Diversity and inclusion courses must be incorporated as part of a public school districts implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards, a set of statewide guidances on classroom instruction, which is refreshed every five years by the state education department.
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