Philadelphia Schools to Require African, Black History

Three decades after students demanding "African-American" studies in city schools clashed with police, the district will require all high schoolers to take a full-year course on the subject. Philadelphia, whose public schools are two-thirds black, may be the first U.S. school district to require the class. more...

For a different perspective on Black history, see Thomas Nelson Page, "Black History and the Future of the Negro in America."

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