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U.S. Constitution: Articles I, II, IV, V
These sections illustrate the ways in which the U.S. Constitution provided indirect protection of slavery.
January 5, 2018
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Letter to Reverend Samson Occum (1774)
Wheatley’s letter explains her reasoning for emancipation using the rhetoric of the American Revolution and Biblical references.
January 5, 2018
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My Life in the Shadows
Brought to the United States illegally from Mexico as a child, Reyna Wences has stepped forward to make the case for immigration reform.
July 7, 2014
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An Ex-Slaveholder's View of the Negro Question in the South
Written in 1900, this text presents the views of a former enslaver about the value of slavery for those enslaved.
December 14, 2017
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Students learn rights and responsibilities through law-related education.
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I Am a Man
Richard L. Copley took this photograph in 1968 at the Memphis sanitation workers' strike -- the reason Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis on the day he was killed.
July 9, 2014
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The Negro Motorist Green Book
These images are from The Negro Motorist Green Book 1940 edition. The Green Book, published from 1936 – 1964, served as a guide for African Americans traveling around the country during the Jim Crow segregation era. To explore the complete issues visit the New York Public Library Digital Collections at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-green-book#/?tab=ab…
March 28, 2017
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Putting It Into Words
Grade-level responses to the use of pejorative or bigoted terms, or benign terms used with a pejorative tone or manner.
July 31, 2012
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Toolkit for 'Be a Good Boy'
Story Corner is a student-directed feature in Teaching Tolerance magazine. In the current issue, we tell the story of the Tennessee House member who cast the deciding vote for women’s suffrage. Vocabulary lapel [luh-
December 13, 2017