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Use this discussion guide to start a conversation with students about what voter suppression looks like today. Outlining the historical and present-day barriers to voters faced by students at one Texas HBCU, the featured video in this guide helps students recognize voter suppression and see how other young people are fighting it.

How I navigate evolution (and creationism) in a second-grade classroom

Last Saturday, on one of North Carolina’s sunniest, warmest days this winter, thousands of people gathered in front of Shaw University in Raleigh to participate in the NAACP’s annual march for justice, workers’ rights and educational equality. The march has been dubbed the “HK on J,” or “historic thousands on Jones Street.” By mid-day, that’s exactly what it was: Too many people to count snaking through downtown Raleigh toward the state legislative building.

Understanding political divides can help students learn to bridge them.

The Brown decision represents a symbol of the country we still seek to become.

Graphic novels and comics are a great way for students to express themselves and their social views. Help your students plan and create their own social justice comics!

We need to look around our schools and communities with an eye towards equity. And—like our predecessors—we need to find the courage to take a stand together when we see it.

Jim Bolone’s favorite childhood memory keeps his love of teaching alive, even when bureaucracy gets him down.

A look at the 'dream deferred' and the legacy of Dr. King's dream.