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College Course Inspired By Black Lives Matter Movement

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SAN DIEGO (CBSMiami/AP) — San Diego University is planning on offering a course called  "Black Minds Matter: A Focus on Black Boys and Men in Education" - inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and it's drawing some criticism.

The weekly course will be open to the public for enrollment in October and will feature various speakers who will talk about how black men are undervalued in the classroom.

San Diego State professor J. Luke Wood, who helped create the online course, said it will connect themes from the Black Lives Matter movement to issues facing blacks in educational settings.

The upcoming course has drawn criticism.

Craig DeLuz, a gun rights advocate with the Sacramento-based Firearms Policy Coalition, said a public university should not be offering a course that includes speakers from a movement whose members have been accused of inciting violence.

(© Copyright 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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