Florida’s Revised Weekly Lesson Texts‎ On Rosa Parks Omit Her‎ Race, Revealing Confusion Around Florida‎ Law.

Studies Weekly's reworking of‎ a lesson plan for Florida‎ schools has generated a heated‎ dispute regarding the state's educational‎ practices and handling of sensitive‎ historical themes. The absence of‎ race as the cause of‎ Rosa Parks's 1955 bus disobedience‎ in Alabama is the debate.‎ Parks was forced to move‎ seats due to her race‎ in compliance with Florida's House‎ Bill 7, which restricts discussions‎ of race in educational materials.‎
After the public outrage, Studies‎ Weekly blamed the ...