Ebonics was the original term. It obviously took on a bad connotation, so a new term had to be invented. Acknowledge that AAVE exists is just as ok as acknowledging other regional English dialects. But there was a genuine attempt to "teach" it to elementary children. Which is just as dumb as teaching my regional dialect as "proper".

Here's a quick Google search result, but I restricted the search to 1995-1999, which is super fun to do for any topic from the birth of the www onward. https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/AAVE/hooked/