Al Sharpton Claims DeSantis Is Using ‘Jim Crow-Type Tactics’ In Florida

Al Sharpton said Wednesday that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was using “Jim Crow-type tactics” in Florida as a way to wage “war” on “aspects of history.”

“The governor there has declared a war on aspects of history, what can the U.S. Department of Education do to federally protect us from these types of Jim Crow-type tactics?” Sharpton asked Education Secretary Miguel Cardona during the opening day of the National Action Network’s 2023 convention in New York City. 

“That’s a great way of putting it,” Cardona said. “Jim Crow-type tactics.” DeSantis signed legislation protecting parental rights similar to HR 5 in Florida in March 2022, which came following a spate of lawsuits across the country centered around clandestine social transitions of children in schools.