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Even as lessons on Black history draw complaints from Republican governors, who argue the instruction is ideological, several blue states are moving in the opposite direction mandating classes in African American, Latino and Puerto Rican studies and setting up a uniquely American division over how we teach our past. ....
Since 2019, at least four reliably Democratic states - Connecticut, Delaware, Maine and Rhode Island - have passed laws requiring instruction on Black history. ....
African American literature, body of literature written by Americans of African descent. Beginning in the pre-Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative, if often contentious, dialogue with American letters. The result is a literature rich in expressive subtlety and social insight, offering illuminating assessments of American identities and history. Although since 1970 African American writers, led by Toni Morrison, have earned widespread critical acclaim, this literature has been recognized internationally as well as nationally since its inception in the late 18th century. African Americans launched their literature in North America during the second half of the ....
Digitization allows researchers to trace editorial and authorial changes in archival content. Both are central to the study of this famous abolitionist pamphlet. ....