Central High families, teacher file federal lawsuit over Arkansas LEARNS Act ‘indoctrination’ ban • Arkansas Advocate
A federal lawsuit filed Monday challenges the constitutionality of a section of the LEARNS Act that prohibits “indoctrination” in Arkansas schools and asks the court to block its enforcement. Civil rights attorneys Mike Laux and Austin Porter Jr. filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of […]
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Little Rock Nine Slam Arkansas’ African American Studies Erasure
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- August 21, 2023
- arkansas
- arkansas department of education
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- Elizabeth Eckford
- little rock
- little rock central high school
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- Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Republican Party
- School segregation in the United States
- Terrence Roberts
- The Root
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – SEPTEMBER 13: Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading her way though an angry mob as the Arkansas National Guard looked on, Eckford was the first of nine black schoolchildren to make history […]
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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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