'One Governor should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history,' Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said of GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' move to ban an African American studies AP course.
to College Board CEO David Coleman asking the organization"to preserve the fundamental right to an education that does not follow the political grandstanding of Governor DeSantis and the whims of Republicans in Florida."
"I urge you to maintain your reputation as an academic institution dedicated to the advanced of students and refuse to bow to political pressure that would ask you to rewrite our nation's true, if sometimes unpleasant, history," Pritzker added. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, is asking the College Board to ignore the Republican Florida governor's rejection of an Advanced Placement course on African American studies.Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, is asking the College Board to ignore the Republican Florida governor's rejection of an Advanced Placement course on African American studies.
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