Rejection of Black educator angers some Mississippi senators

Rejection of Black educator angers some Mississippi senators

Mississippi's Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education.

Mississippi picks education head after Black nominee nixed

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A day after Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate voted against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education, the Mississippi State Board of Education named

Rejection of Black educator angers some Mississippi senators

Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor.

Mississippi Senate Rejects Black State Superintendent Amid ‘Woke’ Criticisms

The Mississippi Senate voted to reject the nomination of Dr. Robert Taylor as the state’s superintendent of education amid ‘woke’ criticisms

Mississippi Republicans reject confirmation of Black State Superintendent

Black State Senators of Mississippi expressed outrage after Republicans voted Wednesday to reject the confirmation of a Black state superintendent of education who had already been nominated by the state School Board. Black State Senators are accusing their Republican colleagues of blocking the nominee because of his race and because he once wrote about the […]

Mississippi fails to confirm Black education secretary, angering some Democrats

Some Black Democrats said the vote against Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education was partly because he is Black and once wrote about the state’s racial history.