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Most students have heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. They also know of Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of the bus. Unfortunately for many students, knowledge of the civil rights movement stops there.

Encouraging students to take an interest in the well-being of others is not indoctrination: It’s the right thing to do.

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!

TT answers your tough questions. This time, we discuss teaching black history and honoring your and your students’ identities.

What do we mean when we say schools are failing? This Detroit teacher flips the script on the “f” word.

The Teaching Tolerance staff reviews the latest in culturally aware literature and resources, offering the best picks for professional development and teachers of all grades.

Black students everywhere made history as pioneers paving the way for racial integration in their hometowns.

Through a grant from Teaching American History, I was part of a group of teachers who spent months reading, listening and watching films and videos about the civil rights movement before we took a trip to the South. But still it was history—far away, untouchable and remote. That was until the first day in Sumner, Miss.