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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Outrage as Arkansas tells high schools to drop AP African American course

Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, right, and Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva discuss several aspects of the Learns Act on 14 April.
Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, right, and Arkansas secretary of education Jacob Oliva discuss several aspects of the Learns Act on 14 April. Photograph: Nena Zimmer/AP

Advocacy groups are outraged after the Arkansas department of education warned state high schools not to offer an advanced placement course on African American history.

The admonition from Arkansas education officials is the latest example of conservative lawmakers limiting education on racial history, sexual orientation and other topics they label as “indoctrination”.

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