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PHOTOS: Inside an AP African American Studies Class
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PHOTOS: Inside an AP African American Studies Class

By Ileana Najarro & Jaclyn Borowski 鈥� March 29, 2024 1 min read
Students listen to a lesson on Black fraternities and sororities during Ahenewa El-Amin鈥檚 AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Students listen to a lesson on Black fraternities and sororities during Ahenewa El-Amin鈥檚 AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
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Lexington , Ky. -

The AP African American Studies course is officially launching this fall in a political climate in which states have limited instruction on race.

Kentucky is one of those states, yet Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., has been piloting the course.

Here鈥檚 what a typical class day looks like.

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Ahenewa El-Amin leads a conversation with students during her AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Ahenewa El-Amin leads a conversation with students during her AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
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Cole Wicker answers a question during a lesson on Black fraternities and sororities as part of the AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Cole Wicker answers a question during a lesson on Black fraternities and sororities as part of the AP African American Studies class.
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Students participate in a discussion during AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Students participate in a discussion. The class is full of conversation as El-Amin and her students teach, and learn from, each other.
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Brian Bliss, left, and Melody El-Amin teach classmates how to step as part of a presentation on the Iota Phi Theta fraternity during AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Brian Bliss, left, and Melody El-Amin teach classmates how to step as part of a presentation on the Iota Phi Theta fraternity.
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Ahenewa El-Amin has a conversation with students during her AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Ahenewa El-Amin has a conversation with students during her AP African American Studies class. She refers to her students as the "founders" of the course.
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Nia Henderson Louis gives a presentation on Alpha Kappa Alpha as part of a lesson on Black fraternities and sororities during the AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Nia Henderson-Louis gives a presentation on Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. as part of a lesson on Black fraternities and sororities during the AP African American Studies class. Nia鈥檚 parents teach Africana studies, anthropology, political science, and gender and women鈥檚 studies in higher education. They鈥檝e helped El-Amin ensure she鈥檚 on track with her lesson plans and offered suggestions for resources.
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Ahenewa El-Amin speaks with students during her AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Ahenewa El-Amin, left, speaks with students during her AP African American Studies class. She plans to apply the insight and feedback she's gathered from students during the pilot to the course in future years, and to use student projects from this year as examples.
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Flyers, designed by Ahenewa El-Amin, decorate the halls of Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., as the teacher works to recruit students to take the AP African American Studies class.
Flyers designed by Ahenewa El-Amin decorate the halls of Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., as the teacher works to recruit students to take AP African American Studies.
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Principal Corye Franklin discusses the AP African American Studies course during an interview with 澳门跑狗论坛 at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Principal Corye Franklin discusses the AP African American Studies course during an interview with 澳门跑狗论坛. Though he's new to the Lexington school, he said he sees the course as an opportunity to decolonize curriculum and offer a class in which students can see themselves reflected in the material.
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Ahenewa El-Amin leads a conversation with students during her AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
Ahenewa El-Amin leads a conversation with students during her AP African American Studies class at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., on March 19, 2024.
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