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Condemning revisionist education and revisionist history as it relates to the African-American experience.

USA118th CongressHRES-615| House 
| Updated: 7/26/2023
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Democratic Representative

Florida

Cosponsors (20)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Shontel M. Brown (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Troy A. Carter (Democratic)Maxwell Frost (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Jasmine Crockett (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Al Green (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Glenn Ivey (Democratic)Sara Jacobs (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This resolution condemns racist education and revisionist history as it relates to U.S. history and African American history. The resolution condemns racist education on all fronts, calls upon Members of Congress to denounce the racist tropes found in Florida’s new African American history standards for elementary and secondary school students, pledges to advocate for education that tells the full narrative of U.S. history and African American history, rejects the decision to downplay the horror of slavery in the United States, promotes the dignity of African American youth by allowing them to learn the accurate historical account of their ancestors and the hardships they faced, rejects the decision to rewrite history to ingrain white supremacy into the minds of children, and urges the Florida Board of Education to immediately reverse its decision and promulgate new African American history standards that are free of inaccurate racist tropes and the assertion that Black people could find slavery beneficial.
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Timeline
Jul 26, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • July 26, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • July 26, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education

Condemning revisionist education and revisionist history as it relates to the African-American experience.

USA118th CongressHRES-615| House 
| Updated: 7/26/2023
This resolution condemns racist education and revisionist history as it relates to U.S. history and African American history. The resolution condemns racist education on all fronts, calls upon Members of Congress to denounce the racist tropes found in Florida’s new African American history standards for elementary and secondary school students, pledges to advocate for education that tells the full narrative of U.S. history and African American history, rejects the decision to downplay the horror of slavery in the United States, promotes the dignity of African American youth by allowing them to learn the accurate historical account of their ancestors and the hardships they faced, rejects the decision to rewrite history to ingrain white supremacy into the minds of children, and urges the Florida Board of Education to immediately reverse its decision and promulgate new African American history standards that are free of inaccurate racist tropes and the assertion that Black people could find slavery beneficial.
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Timeline
Jul 26, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • July 26, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • July 26, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Democratic Representative

Florida

Cosponsors (20)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Shontel M. Brown (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Troy A. Carter (Democratic)Maxwell Frost (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Jasmine Crockett (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Al Green (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Glenn Ivey (Democratic)Sara Jacobs (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted