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Here is a new petition against the Florida/College Board censorship scandal: "<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Factionnetwork.org%2Fpetitions%2Fa-call-to-the-college-board-to-restore-the-integrity-of-the-ap-african-american-studies-course-2&data=05%7C01%7Ckayoung%40umass.edu%7Cdb84ce3522f7484d90de08db0f924ea7%7C7bd08b0b33954dc194bbd0b2e56a497f%7C0%7C0%7C638120893481946963%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S3MtHaAkqbGJ4GB%2FVdOUKHk6biSEetIzabPSq%2Bb5Wjc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" shash="aUUNc11kwgKE2DgpFpfUQ5mANPPx5PeZJOuQZc2qD7IpUvMZdNwtT5Mc3G29G0m8ngrBczJNHDEZE4oikZEU/p34dPm34+vRxdptA20BnBYuZjPT+OqBMxnD2IJ6OVhlacSCjBCldFfwat/3mIEBNhHb26MOE2JdLGvPuGZlqRs=" title="Original URL: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-call-to-the-college-board-to-restore-the-integrity-of-the-ap-african-american-studies-course-2. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="0" class="x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" data-safelink="true">A
Call to the College Board to Restore the Integrity of the AP African American Studies Course</a>." They are requesting signatures by
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b class="x_ContentPasted0">tonight, Wednesday, February 15, at 11:59pm PST</b></span></font>. The letter was authored by the African American Policy Forum and is
being circulated by several additional groups. They plan to send it to the press tomorrow, though I believe they'll continue to add signatures after that.<br>
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Here is a comment from historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad, explaining the need for the petition:<br>
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<p style="margin:0in"><i><font class="x_ContentPasted0" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29);">We write now to ask that you join us once more in lifting our voices to ensure that the College Board restores the </span>integrity
of the AP<span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29);"> African American Studies </span>course. <span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29);">Our collective voices kept a spotlight on the issue, and helped to produce results–the
College Board issued multiple statements about the fallout, admitting some mistakes in rolling out the course. But the College Board’s mea culpa did not acknowledge mistakes in reshaping the course itself and it did not commit to a remedy. We believe the remedy
is to restore the version of the pilot course that is neither compromised nor diminished. </span>We ask you to join this effort by asking th<span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">e College Board to meet its obligation to stand behind
this course as originally envisioned and designed to deliver the college-level Black Studies course that students deserve.</span></font></i></p>
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<p class="x_elementToProof elementToProof" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">AAPF is also holding a
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briefing later today at 7pm ET</a>.<br>
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