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In Orlando, Vice President Harris rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' invitation for a discussion about the state's new curriculum on slavery, calling it an "unnecessary" debate.

Vice President Kamala Harris is now taking a leading role in the Biden administration's response to prospective Republican challengers, and her top target as of late has been Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott has criticized fellow contender Ron DeSantis 

Senator Tim Scott slams fellow GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for supporting new teaching standards suggesting Black people benefitted from slavery

U_S_ Sen_ Tim Scott is criticizing fellow Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis for supporting standards requiring teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”

A losing Republican campaign finds a winning issue: whitewashing the enslavement of Black Americans

Some of the companies that formed what is now Citigroup likely benefitted financially from slavery in the 1800’s, the financial giant acknowledged Thursday, an admission that comes at a time when numerous institutions are re-examining their historic roots and the roles they played in slavery in the U.S. In research…

Groundbreaking data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people

Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s new governor