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    Missouri school board that previously rescinded anti-racism resolution drops Black history classes

    by Jim Salter Dec 22, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    A conservative-led Missouri school board has voted to drop elective courses on Black history and literature, five months after the same board rescinded an anti-discrimination policy adopted in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd.

    The Francis Howell School Board voted 5-2 Thursday night to stop offering Black History and Black Literature, courses that had been offered at the district's three high schools since 2021. A little over 100 students took the courses this semester in the predominantly white suburban area of St. Louis.

    In July, the

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