{"id":257,"date":"2020-04-04T18:27:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/herpowernetwork\/vincent-riggins-of-brite-leadership-talks-about-including-african-american-history-in-ny-state-curriculum-on-voices-of-east-new-york-with-nikki-lucas\/"},"modified":"2020-04-04T18:27:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:27:58","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\/herpowernetwork\/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><strong>Vincent Riggins<\/strong>, of <strong>Brite Leadership Coalition<\/strong>, will be on <strong>VOICES of East New York With Nikki Lucas <\/strong>to talk about the campaign to include African American History into the mainstream New York State education curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>The show will premiere <strong>Sunday April 5, 2020 at 9am<\/strong>, right here on this page. 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\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEastNewYorkNews%2Fposts%2F884448295334918&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"596\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/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>Vincent Riggins, of Brite Leadership Coalition, will be on VOICES of East New York With Nikki Lucas to talk about the campaign to include African American History into the mainstream New York State education curriculum. 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