The board of Florida's only public historically Black university has chosen a lobbyist with ties to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the school's next president, alarming students, faculty and alumni who are outraged by the governor's efforts to restrict the teaching of African American history and ban public colleges from using taxpayer money on diversity programs.

Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to select Marva Johnson, an executive for the telecoms company Charter Communications and a former member of the state Board of

FAMU’s board voted 8-4 to select Marva Johnson to be the HBCU’s 13th president, despite public opposition to her candidacy […]