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Nadine Gordimer’s activism helped make the world better for all of us and leaves important lessons for teachers and students.

Fifty years after the Freedom Schools of 1964, today’s Freedom Schools continue the legacy.

Reading and writing about the work of activists helped this teacher and her students realize that they can make social change by starting small.

Using activist memoirs can help students understand how people effected change in the past—and how young people can effect change now.

Two TT bloggers share their tips on using dystopian young-adult fiction to engage students in discussions about tough topics.

Before Freedom Summer began, Charles Moore and Henry Dee were the first victims of the project's white-supremacist backlash.

The calculated murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner show just how real the risks of Freedom Summer were.

In the United States in 2014, we take our freedom of movement for granted. We can drink from any water fountain, shop in any store and stay in any hotel we can afford. Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, these simple activities were not so simple.

A decade after Brown, Title IV again called for desegregation of public schools. Studying images of segregated schools close in time and place can help students build a picture of the wide discrepancies between educational facilities.

Primary sources--like discriminatory "help wanted" ads and posters--can help students understand the significance of Title VII.