I want to tell you about a Floridian from an earlier time. His name was Luke. Just plain Luke. He was a slave on a large plantation near St. Augustine, and one of the few slaves who had his plight ...

Every week lately, Florida seems to make more headlines for trying to turn public schools into a political war zone. The two latest examples: The Sentinel revealed the Florida Department of Education ...

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Florida Friday to forcefully rebuke new, controversial Black history standards approved unanimously this week by the state's board of education, ABC News ...

Vice President Kamala Harris drew wide attention when she called a section about slavery in Florida’s new middle school social studies standards an "insult." "They push forward revisionist history," ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida voters would get a chance to decide whether to ban reparations for descendants of slaves in 2024 under a joint resolution filed in the Florida Senate. The joint resolution ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday further dug his heels into his defense of his state’s slavery curriculum and sharply rebuked what he described as “bad faith” criticism against him. “Well, ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration officials opposed the College Board’s new Advanced Placement African American studies course due to its lack of “opposing viewpoints” on slavery. A new ...

A top Florida health official on Wednesday vowed to end all vaccine mandates, including school immunization requirements, likening the measures to prevent childhood diseases to slavery. The ...

Editor's note: this article was orginally published in August 2023. I want to tell you about a Floridian from an earlier time. His name was Luke. Just plain Luke. He was a slave on a large plantation ...