Hundreds gathered for a rally outside of Florida's state Capitol Wednesday to protest against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' rejection of a new Advanced Placement African American studies course.
over the AP curriculum, his slashing of college diversity programs, his migrant relocation plan, and other policies they deemed harmful to the LGBTQ community.
Black legislators, preachers and activists gathered and threatened to pull their students from Florida schools and universities in response to DeSantis' policies,"If you would have studied history long enough, you would have known to mess with us in education always ends in your defeat,” Sharpton told the crowd, per"Our children need to know the whole story … to not only know how bad you were but to know how strong they are.
"He's doing it for political reasons," Sharpton said of DeSantis. "He's trying to do the Baby Trump thing and come with a new racial divide like he is in some way, going to liberate America from its past."
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