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Issue 6, Fall 2024

The Strength of Ordinary People: A Conversation With Jo Ann Bland

Photo of Jo Ann Bland by Sydney A. Foster

As a child, Jo Ann Bland participated in the Selma, Alabama, march that became known as Bloody Sunday. In this video and Q&A excerpt, Bland inspires us to civic action.

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I Didn't Know There Were Cities in Africa: Challenging Children's-and Adult's-Misperceptions about the African Continent

In her article, Randolph delineates the profound impact of perpetuating stereotypical representations of Africa and its people by arranging them into three levels and then providing recommendations for how to combat them when creating learning experiences for students in the United States.

LFJ Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Immigration

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History

Geography

September 28, 2018

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, a groundbreaking case that overturned the "separate but equal" standard set forth in Plessy v. Ferguson. The Supreme Court decided this case unanimously on May 17, 1954.

Earl Warren

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6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

July 2, 2014

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Stephen Wesson

Stephen Wesson is an educational resource specialist at the Library of Congress, where he helps develop teacher resources and online programs that promote the effective use of the Library’s collections and expertise. A veteran of educational media, before coming to the Library he managed print and online programs for a number of educational companies and organizations.

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Issue 47, Summer 2014

Meet the Mix It Up at Lunch Day Model Schools

Students from different racial and ethnics get together

Get great ideas for your school's Mix event!

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June 30, 2020

Anti-Racist Work in Schools: Are You in it for the Long Haul?

Empty desks in a classroom with a blackboard in the background.

In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, educators and schools across the nation are planning anti-racist work. How will you ensure your school isn’t just going through the motions?

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Rights & Activism

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Peace Begins With You

Katherine Scholes begins this informative piece by describing the multi-facted nature of the word "peace" and what it can mean to different people at different times. Then she provides concrete ways that each of us can be a peacemaker.

Katherine Scholes

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 3, 2014

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Issue 42, Fall 2012

Therapy of Lies

A boy on a psychologist couch bleeding from his heart

‘Conversion therapy’ poses as a medical treatment—but it’s really a type of bullying. Know what it is and how to help when LGBT students are told to ‘pray away the gay.’

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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“We Lived in a Bubble”

Elizabeth MacQueen is the sculptor of Four Spirits, a monument built to memorialize the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In her memoir, she discusses how the project revealed to her how sheltered she had been as a child growing up in Birmingham.

Elizabeth MacQueen

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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History

November 18, 2014

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Orval Faubus Speech, September 1958

Gov. Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas delivered this speech on Sept. 18, 1958. In this speech, Faubus justifies his decision to shut down Little Rock’s public high schools for the year rather than complying with the Supreme Court’s order to continue with integration.

Orval Faubus

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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