During calls for racial justice across the United States, Virginia schools are considering mandating all teachers to earn certificates in African American History.
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The Commisson on African American History Education, a new group assembled by Gov. Ralph Northam last year, is recommending the requirement for the certificates in their upcoming report. The report and landmark recommendation comes during a time of "racial reckoning," and protestors have been highlighting the fact that African American history is often pushed to the side in classrooms.
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“We want to make sure that we give a full perspective of our history, and that’s just not been done,” Qarni said. “We talk about freedom and justice and spreading democracy throughout the world. I would argue that a lot of those principles came from the struggles of African Americans throughout our history, and that history is not being told in our classrooms.”