By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

@StacyBrownMedia

Virginia students now can take an elective course focusing on African American history, Gov. Ralph Northam said on Thursday, Aug. 28.

The new courses are available in 16 of the state's school divisions, including in Arlington and Prince William counties.

'Black history is American history, but for too long, the story we have told was insufficient and inadequate,' Gov.

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