The Black Lives Matter Movement

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Conservative Americans are concerned about the Black Lives Matter movement. The belief that Black people are not fully human is a problem, Green says. "If you look at history, and this is the beauty of advanced placement African-American history," he adds.

The College Board piloted an AP course on African American Studies. Then, after conservative pushback, it debuted a revised curriculum. But the group insists it’s not caving to political pressure.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted. We had help with today’s show from Sarah Darville, national managing editor for Chalkbeat.

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