1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (345+ words) This fall, Florida plans to pilot a new high school American history course that will advance a more conservative interpretation of the nation's origins." "Each of these people had political power that could have been deployed against slavery," Annette Gordon-Reed,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (316+ words) It has been nearly 100 years since historian and educator Dr. Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week as a commemoration of "the Black past." As the son of formerly enslaved parents, Woodson understood the damage and disservice it does to people…...