about racism in this country and race relations more broadly. after the fatal police beating of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old unarmed black man. there s been conversations about race, about policing, and about power and it s abuse for years. complicate of course by the fact that the five officers charged in his death are also black. that is what many feel so passionate about how we teach about the legacy of race and racism in this country. it is why it is become, frankly, so controversial. especially in places like florida where the republican governor ron desantis has been slamming a new ap african american studies course. tonight, the college board is out with changes to that curriculum, raising questions about why they choose and why they chose to remove certain topics. leyla santiago has the very latest. look at this traffic. for 42 years, he was killed right here. from that moment, it was never the same. the man was arthur mcduffie, a black father beaten to death by
for 42 years, he was killed right here. from that moment, it was never the same. the man was arthur mcduffie, a black father beaten to death by white police officers in miami in 1979. the officers were acquitted, he followed. it happened right here. right. here it is places like this that are central to historian marvin dunn s teach the truth towards, and effort to shed light on the history he says many students don t learn about in the classroom. there is now an effort in florida to cherry-pick history. when you start cherry-picking history, you have to make sure that you have to do that. the latest controversy, and advanced placement african american study course. the college board, the nonprofit that oversees the ap program has now revised its official course work. voters department of education had rejected the initial proposal to the pilot corps saying it was quote, inexplicably contrary to florida law and significantly lacks educational value.