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Maya Yang

New Jersey to expand African American studies after Florida bans them

Governor Phil Murphy, Democrat of New Jersey.
Governor Phil Murphy, Democrat of New Jersey. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

New Jersey has announced the expansion of Advanced Placement African American studies across its schools.

In a move counter to Florida Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s decision last month to ban African American studies from the state’s high schools, New Jersey’s Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, announced the expansion of the class subject yesterday while visiting a Newark high school.

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