The vice-chair of the Florida Commissioner of Education’s African American History Task Force is taking action days after our investigation. Task Force vice-chair Dr. Samuel Wright has now sent a ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Students in Hillsborough County Public Schools soon could have dual enrollment college courses in African and African American history as part of a newly-announced initiative. The ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A member of Florida’s African American History Task Force claims the body was largely cut out of the development of the state’s new African American History standards. The ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kimberly Daniels, a Democrat and member of the Florida House of Representatives from Jacksonville, said she had no idea controversial statements concerning slavery were included ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A task force designed a year ago at Duval County Public Schools is working to develop an improved curriculum that ensures African American history be taught inside and out of the ...

In updating the standards to comply with a new law that limits how racism can be taught, officials largely bypassed the state’s African American History Task Force. By Sarah Mervosh When Florida set ...

At a meeting in Tallahassee on April 19, The Florida Museum of Black History Task Force placed West Augustine’s former Florida Memorial University (FMU,) in the No. 1 spot — again — for the location ...