As the Trump administration pulls down displays on Black history, Wisconsin state Sen. Dora Drake (D-Milwaukee) and Rep. Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) are renewing their push for Wisconsin to bolster education on African-American history in schools.
Their bill would require the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to work with a handful of organizations, including the African American/Jewish Friendship Group, Inc., the Wisconsin Black Historical Society, Americas Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin system, to develop a model curriculum on African-American history for each grade from kindergarten through high school. The bill would have Black history instruction incorporated into model academic standards for social studies.
African Americans have lived in Wisconsin for over 300 years long before we officially became a state. Our ancestors, our heritage and our culture have shaped the development of our state and our nation in so many ways, Stubbs said. Unfortunately, the history lessons that are being taught to our children and the course of their education do not always reflect the fact.
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