What activist Lawrence Hamm is calling a 'ban on Black history' is hitting home in Newark. “We’re going to know our history, regardless of what [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis said,” Lawrence Hamm, chair of the People’s Organization for Progress, says.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.What longtime activist Lawrence Hamm is calling a "ban on Black history" is hitting home in Newark, New Jersey.
“We’re going to know our history, regardless of what [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis said,” Hamm, chair of the People’s Organization for Progress, said Sunday during a Black History Month event at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Newark. The city had been the birthplace of poet, playwright and scholar Amiri Baraka — father of present-day Mayor Ras Baraka, and one of multiple Black intellectuals and artists whose works the College Board removed from a curriculum for an Advanced Placement course in African American Studies this month. References to other Black scholars and authors including Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Angela Davis and bell hooks were also removed.
The changes came amid pushback from DeSantis and other conservatives. DeSantis announced late last month Florida, based on an earlier draft of its curriculum. He accused the course of indoctrinating students to "a political agenda." “We have to have Black-conscious teachers in the classroom, because who teaches the subject is also as important as what’s being taught,” Hamm said. His group is planning a protest against about the changes to the AP course Saturday, Feb. 25 on Springfield Avenue in Newark as well.
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