Little Rock 9 Members Rip Arkansas’ Restraints On AP African American Studies Course
Members of the Little Rock Nine — the group of Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in the ‘50s — have knocked Arkansas’ Education Department for barring students from receiving graduation credit in an Advanced Placement African American studies course, NBC News reported on Friday. Elizabeth Eckford and Terrence Roberts spoke out […]
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Little Rock Nine criticize Arkansas’s AP African American Studies course restrictions
Some surviving members of the Little Rock Nine are pushing back against the Arkansas Department of Education’s decision to drop the Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies course from its schools. Earlier this week, the department said the course would not count for credit toward high school graduation, claiming it is still in a pilot stage and […]
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Arkansas Schools Will Teach AP African American Studies, Defying GOP Law
Despite a threat this week by the Arkansas Department of Education that it would not allow students to receive credit for Advanced Placement African American Studies, every public high school in Arkansas that previously offered the course announced that it will remain on their schedules for the coming school year. The Arkansas Education Association, which […]
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