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Cherry Hill School District becomes first in N.J. to mandate African American history course for graduation

"There is no history without Black history," said Farrah Mahan, Cherry Hill’s curriculum director, in a push to adopt the mandatory course for the South Jersey district.

Some of the students who helped push for a mandatory African American history course are shown (Left to Right): Joy Thomas, Machayla Randall, Xandria McKinley, and Obinna Okorie, in front of Cherry Hill East High School last June.
Some of the students who helped push for a mandatory African American history course are shown (Left to Right): Joy Thomas, Machayla Randall, Xandria McKinley, and Obinna Okorie, in front of Cherry Hill East High School last June.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer