Ben Crump Will Sue Florida Over Rejection Of AP African American Studies

High school students and elected officials are planning to sue Florida after its Department of Education declined to implement an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course.

On Wednesday (January 25), civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced at a Tallahassee press conference that he will work with AP students in Florida to file a historic lawsuit against the state and Governor Ron DeSantis, WESH 2 News reports.

“Are we going to allow Gov. DeSantis or anybody exterminate Black history from the classrooms in Florida?” Crump asked at Wednesday’s news conference to which the crowd responded “no!”

“Black history is American history,” he added.

The move to take legal action against the state comes after the Florida Department of Education blocked the implementation of an AP African American Studies course in public high schools, citing that it “lacked educational value” in a letter to College Board.

DeSantis later defended the department’s decision,…