Sixty high schools are piloting a new AP African American Studies class. Teachers hope it could help cut through the culture wars.

60 schools around the U.S. are currently piloting the new AP African-American Studies Course which has drawn national attention.

When it came time for Emmitt Glynn to teach the lesson on the Black Panthers in his AP African American Studies class, he says he was overcome with “fear” walking into his classroom at Baton ...