COCONUT CREEK, Fla. | On the eve of the his party's third debate, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson promised not to curb his penchant for using extreme examples to prove his points, such as ...

Educating children about the truth of America’s history is imperative, as is how teachers approach doing so. One teacher at a Houston middle school proved that after allegedly traumatizing a Black ...

Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in American history: it began, it was brutal, it ended with the Civil War, and the nation moved on. But the truth is far more complex, global, and ...

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Back in January, Florida barred its schools from piloting an Advanced Placement course in African American studies. At the time, the state’s evaluators justified this decision with reference to the ...

The Florida Department of Education faced angry reaction this week to new African American history standards suggesting some slaves benefited from skills they learned while enslaved. Responding to the ...

Before he became a celebrated author and the founding father and first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Eric Eustace Williams was an adroit footballer. At his high school, Queen’s Royal College, ...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- On the eve of the his party's third debate today, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson promised not to curb his penchant for using extreme examples to illustrate his ...