{"id":6511,"date":"2020-04-04T15:18:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T19:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/?p=6511"},"modified":"2020-04-05T12:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T16:30:37","slug":"vincent-riggins-of-brite-leadership-talks-about-including-african-american-history-in-ny-state-curriculum-on-voices-of-east-new-york-with-nikki-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/vincent-riggins-of-brite-leadership-talks-about-including-african-american-history-in-ny-state-curriculum-on-voices-of-east-new-york-with-nikki-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent Riggins Of Brite Leadership Talks About Including African American History in NY State Curriculum On VOICES Of East New York With Nikki Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video Below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vincent Riggins<\/strong>, of <strong>Brite Leadership Coalition<\/strong>, on <strong>VOICES of East New York With Nikki Lucas <\/strong>discussing\u00a0the campaign to include African American History into the mainstream New York State education curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>The show premiered <strong>Sunday April 5, 2020<\/strong>. See the Video Post below, and share this link with others to watch the show.<\/p>\n<p>Riggins talks about the importance of the bill and the importance of having African American History as part of American History, as a way for all students to understand the important role that African Americans have played in American History.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsors of the bill are <strong>Senator Brian Benjamin<\/strong> of the 30th District and <strong>Assembly Member Diana Richardson<\/strong> of the 43rd District.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEastNewYorkNews%2Fvideos%2F257986045226456%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>To suggest a guest or topic for the show, or to become a sponsor of the show send an email to <a href=\"mailto:info@jig.media\">info@jig.media<\/a> or call 877-356-9739<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Below. 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