The First A.P. African American Studies Class Is Coming This Fall


The First A.P. African American Studies Class Is Coming This Fall

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS 
The New York Times
5 min



The new course will undergo a pilot program in 60 schools, as the debate over how to teach history becomes ever more divisive.



The College Board is jumping into the fray over how to teach the history of race in the United States with a new Advanced Placement course and exam on African American studies that will be tried out in about 60 high schools this fall.

The course is multidisciplinary, addressing not just history but civil rights, politics, literature, the arts, even geography. If the pilot program pans out, it will be the first course in African American studies for high school students that is considered rigorous enough to allow students to receive credit and advanced placement at many colleges across the country.

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