Gov. Ron DeSantis Wins Battle Over AP African American Studies, College Board Blinks

The College Board is caving to pressure from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to thin down an Advanced Placement high school course on African American studies.

DeSantis dug in his heels, prohibiting the class from all Florida high schools — and Wednesday, the College Board, which manages the AP program nationwide, revealed a number of modifications to the brand-new course’s curriculum … and it appears concessions were made to DeSantis.

The Governor and others in the GOP, were pissed the course consisted of subjects like the Black Lives Matter motion, affirmative action, reparations, vital race theory and queer theory.

The main curriculum, launched on the very first day of Black History Month, got rid of those hot button subjects … while material on slavery, abolition, restoration, the Civil Rights motion and the Black power motion stays.

Christopher Tinson, the chair of the African American Studies department at Saint Louis University, joined us today on “TMZ Live,” and informed us the College Board would be open to jeopardize, despite the fact that it now unlocks for other states to require particular modifications.

DeSantis likewise made a hassle about a number of Black authors who were consisted of in the course … and the College Board’s last draft likewise eliminated them from the product.