Civil Rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton traveled to Tallahassee on Wednesday to protest Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attempts to "bring the state back to the pre-Civil Rights era by banning Black history from the classroom."
Sharpton, president of the National Action Network and the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, took aim at DeSantis and the College Board that administer the exam.
“Gov. DeSantis is using his office to sanitize Black history from the education system,” said Sharpton. “He might call this a crusade, but everyone can clearly see this is a campaign tactic for him to run for president. He is sending a message that it is permissible to make racism state policy."
The Rev. Al Sharpton
Sharpton joined members of the educational community, students, parents, clergy, members of the Black caucus, fellow civil rights leaders, and elected officials on a march to the Old State Capitol to protest what he called DeSantis’s attempts to disenfranchise Black Floridians.
Over the weekend, Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading critical race theory scholar, said it was “a shame” that the College Board removed the topic of intersectionality from its new Advanced Placement African American studies course.
