College Board
Project Title
For a project to develop free custom resources for teachers and students in Advanced Placement African American Studies
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1900, the College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization focused on expanding access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. For the first time in its history, the College Board will launch an Advanced Placement (AP) course in African American Studies. This will offer hundreds of thousands of students the opportunity to immerse themselves in African American History and Culture at this pivotal moment. Two leaders in this work are Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. Professor Higginbotham leads the Association for the Study of African American Life and History – the leading group of scholars in this field. Professor Gates is the Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Bothwill work together to develop custom content for AP students and teachers to use during the course and support the College Board to advance student learning.