Analysis | 13 books on the history of black America for those who really want to learn
The national uprising for racial justice and social change sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has prompted new calls for changes in school curriculum that reflect the broad reality of black America - but there's no reason that students should be the only ones learning.
6 Ways Coffee Helped Transform the World | HISTORY
More than five centuries ago, when coffee was a localized crop in the East African territories of Ethiopia and Yemen, Arab Sufi monks used the beverage for a similar purpose that people drink it today-to get a boost to stay awake.
Baartman's promoters nicknamed her the "Hottentot Venus", with "hottentot" - now seen as derogatory - then being used in Dutch to describe the Khoikhoi and San, who together make up the peoples known as the Khoisan.
Arkansas says AP African American Studies is 'indoctrination,' students can't earn credit
Access to AP African American Studies is now in question for dozens of students in Arkansas, the latest state to challenge the course over what it calls "indoctrination."
Black churches in Florida buck DeSantis: 'Our churches will teach our own history.'
The 30 or so people who logged on to hear about the trans-Atlantic slave trade Wednesday night was just what Pastor Kenneth Johnson had hoped for - a sign that his congregation in Fort Pierce, Florida, was interested in learning more about Black history.
Holocaust victims got reparations, so why not descendants of trans-Atlantic slavery?
Jewish survivors of the Holocaust have received reparations, but African descendants of victims of the slave trade have not - even though it's a moral responsibility of the nations who benefited from slavery to provide them.
The controversy over AP African American studies, explained
When the College Board began developing its AP African American studies class amid the social justice uprisings of 2020, it set out to create a pathbreaking high school class that would demand that students deeply engage with African American history, culture, movements, and debates.
Florida's new Black history curriculum says "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit"
Florida's 2023 Social Studies curriculum will include lessons on how "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit," according to a copy of the state's academic standards reviewed by CBS News.
World History to replace European History at Carlmont
Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, a World History and AP (Advanced Placement) World History will replace the current Carlmont curriculum for sophomores of European History and AP European History.