Published: January 15, 1997

Proposal To Scuttle Afrocentric Curricula Sparks Protest

A Milwaukee school board member's quest to rid city schools of Afrocentric curricula has incited an emotional protest by hundreds of parents and raised questions about what is being taught in the district's multicultural programs.

Leon Todd, a black member of the board, last month asked his colleagues to prohibit the use of racial doctrines as the foundation of a school's curriculum and to ban the teaching of beliefs promulgated by African religious cults.

The board instead ordered that an outside auditor be hired to conduct investigations of each of the district's...