Descendant of Florida massacre victim decries curriculum that describes violence by Black people

In July, the Florida State Board of Education enacted regulations that critics claim water down the importance of Black history.

A descendant of a 1920s racial massacre victim in Florida spoke out Saturday against the state’s new African American history standards that teach students about violence “against and by African Americans.”

Pastor Stephen Nunn’s great-grandfather July Perry was lynched in Ocoee on Election Day in 1920 by a white mob after a Black man tried to vote, today!

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