Nearly three decades ago, Florida passed a landmark measure requiring that Black history be taught in its public schools. “Knowledge is the antidote to the poison of prejudice,” Gov. Lawton Chiles (D) ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two days before the end of Black History Month, the Florida Commissioner of Education’s African American History Task Force met in Tallahassee. AAHTF members told 10 Investigates ...

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 ...

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 ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Newly approved rules for teaching Black history in Florida are drawing criticism around the country. The guidelines -- approved by the state's board of education last Wednesday -- ...