The pilot for the Advanced Placement class on African American studies is at the center of national debate after Florida’s Department of Education rejected it last month. Florida objected to a number of subjects, which were cut out of the final version.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes talks with University of California Los Angeles history professor Robin D.G. Kelley about the removed content, which focused on Black studies and Black struggle.

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