African American Policy Forum to host 4th Annual Critical Race Theory Summer School
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NEW YORK, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 30, the African American Policy Forum will kick off its fourth annual Critical Race Theory (CRT) Summer School, convening some of the nation's leading scholars on race and racism to discuss the growing threats of book bans, censorship of Black history and attacks on critical tools for racial justice, like Affirmative Action, by an illiberal Supreme Court.
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- NEW YORK, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 30, the African American Policy Forum will kick off its fourth annual Critical Race Theory (CRT) Summer School , convening some of the nation's leading scholars on race and racism to discuss the growing threats of book bans, censorship of Black history and attacks on critical tools for racial justice, like Affirmative Action, by an illiberal Supreme Court.
- Just last week, Florida announced new educational standards that would reshape the way K-12 students are able to learn about slavery in an attempt to whitewash America's racial past and obstruct a multiracial democratic future.
- Participants may register for more than a dozen virtual sessions across five days to help inspire, energize and activate themselves and others.
- Featured speakers include: President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Janai Nelson, American Civil Liberties Union President Deborah Archer, new Rainbow/PUSH president Rev.