New AP African American Studies Course to Include a Focus on Art—With Few Living Artists Required

The College Board has revealed the framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, which will be offered to high schoolers across the U.S. starting in 2024 following smaller-scale pilot programs. As part of the college-level course, there will be a focus on visual art—but almost all of the work required to be viewed by students will be by deceased artists.The course charts several millennia worth of history, with nearly all of it from the 16th century onward, and