Civil Rights Seminar For Florida Teachers Gets Canceled

January 24, 2022 Racism, Republicans

A Florida school district canceled a professor’s civil rights history seminar for teachers, citing in part concerns over “critical race theory” — even though his lecture had nothing to do with the topic.

J. Michael Butler, a history professor at Flagler College in St. Augustine, was scheduled to give a presentation Saturday to Osceola County School District teachers called “The Long Civil Rights Movement,” which postulates that the civil rights movement preceded and post-dated Martin Luther King Jr. by decades.

Less than 24 hours before Butler was informed of the cancellation, a state Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday at the behest of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to block public schools and private businesses from making people feel “discomfort” when they’re taught about race.

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Florida school district cancels a professor’s civil rights history seminar for teachers, citing concerns over “critical race theory” — even though his lecture had nothing to do with the topic. https://t.co/ps6TXziHRz

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 24, 2022