Faith leaders rally against move to block AP African American studies course

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Faith leaders rally against move to block AP African American studies course

Faith leaders from the Jacksonville area and members of the Northside Coalition left Wednesday morning to travel to Tallahassee to protest at the Capitol against a recent move by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to block a new high school Advanced Placement course on African American studies.

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