Reverend Sharpton will lead a protest at the State Capitol to protest DeSantis’ objections to the AP’s African American Studies course.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida. (WSVN) — A civil rights leader plans to travel to the State Capitol on Wednesday to deliver an important message to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Rev. Al Sharppon, a news figure for decades and considered a controversial figure, said DeSantis has been pressuring groups like the College Board that have come up with a pre-placement African American Studies course.

Now the reverend is on his way to Tallahassee to talk about it.

“Shame on this country,” Sharpton said.

Sharpton called DeSantis’ objections to this course an attempt to erase black history.

“Our Department of Education looked at it and said, ‘In Florida, we’re in education, not indoctrination,’ and so it’s against our standards,” DeSantis said.

The not-for-profit organization College Board, which administers the college entrance exams, ACT, and SAT, created this course.

But now the College Board is resisting the governor.

“We are thrilled to see the College Board speaking out and fighting back because black history is American history, and right now the path that Florida leadership is taking us is on the wrong side of history,” the Democratic state said. Representative Fentris Driskell.

The original course was a pilot program and some changes were made by the College Board in early February. Changes for which the administration took partial credit, thanking the College Board for acknowledging that coursework was problematic.

But the college board denied it.

The controversy has already led to protests and potential lawsuits, with the governor hinting that more changes may be coming.

The same course is also being used at one school in New Jersey, but the state has decided to expand the course to 26 other schools.

Sharpton and other supporters plan to gather at a church in Tallahassee and march to the Capitol.

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