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The AP Program Is Broken. You Can Tell, Because Ron DeSantis Loves It.

… s announcement of an AP African American Studies course this summer, … undermine collegiate African American Studies programs and departments?” The AP African American Studies course … .B. 7 for mandatory African American history instruction were very closely …

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Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014)[1] was an American politician who served as the second Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of

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