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BK teachers, parents push for African-American curriculum in public schools

? Some Brooklyn teachers, students and parents are fighting to get a curriculum that includes African-American history and culture in schools. They believe the Department of Education has failed to comply

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May 17, 2006, 6:40 PM

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