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[Rollie Forbes]

Some Florida churches offering Black history lessons during services



NBC News
Oct 31, 2023

Some churches in Florida are now offering Black history lessons as part of their services to push back against the state's new controversial school standards. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson speaks to one of the church pastors about the lessons

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

This is a reminder of the Black church's political, historical, and cultural significance.
Before anybody says it, I'm not talking about religion. I'm talking about the fact that the Black church is where our elders planned protests, political actions, and other strategies. The Black Civil Rights movement was coordinated in the Black church. The Black church is where the Montgomery bus boycott was called.
The teaching of our history is the 21st century continuation of those events. This is a political counter to DeSantis's attack on Black history & culture.

 

[Boss Hog]

What we should be doing all day every day.