Even as lessons on Black history draw complaints from Republican governors, who argue the instruction is ideological, several blue states are moving in the opposite direction and setting up a uniquely American division over how we teach our past.
Nineteen-year-old Tariah Hyland helped push for the legislation while she was still in high school. Hyland, who is Black and is now a sophomore at Howard University, assisted Delaware Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker in drafting the law. Dorsey Walker said she was inspired to propose the legislation because “limiting Black history to one 28-day month was insufficient and a disservice to the countless Black Americans who have contributed to our nation.
“I definitely got the diluted version of Black history, and a lot of that was around Black History Month,” Hyland said. Although the Delaware bill passed too late to affect Hyland’s K-12 schooling, she is delighted for what other students in her home state will now experience. “It’s not just our pain and our trauma, it’s our beauty and our power," she said, referring to Howard classes that taught her about writer James Baldwin and Black political figures.
“Our teachers have really enjoyed the ability to dive deeper into curriculum without having to have fear of suddenly being on the news for, ‘Oh, my God, why are they talking about racism in fourth grade?’” Meadowcroft said., said she debuted an African American studies course at her school back in 2019, a few years ahead of the curve.
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