“When Oklahoma state Rep. Dan Fisher (R) first introduced his bill to eliminate funding for AP U.S. History in Oklahoma, he included the Mecklenburg Declaration among documents of ‘historical significance’ that students must read in American History class.
“The document is not listed in the version of the bill approved by the Oklahoma House Common Education Committee on Monday, perhaps because historians dispute the document’s origins….”
— From “Anti-AP History GOPer Wanted To Teach Widely Disputed Document” by Caitlin MacNeal at Talking Points Memo (Feb. 18)
h/t Erik Spanberg
