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The White House: A Slave's View
The discovery of a memoir by one of President Madison's slaves sheds light on the role slavery played in the White House.
July 7, 2014
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Toolkit for "Teaching in Solidarity"
This curated reading list gives educators and students an opportunity to explore the themes of the 2019 Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action through picture books, poetry, non-fiction essays and literature.
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Toolkit for "Finding Our Power: A Q&A with Carol Anderson"
This toolkit offers resources that can help you teach the subject of voter suppression and contextualize this history for students.
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Representative Lewis Discusses Reenacting Historic Bus Rides of 1961 Video Transcript
This piece is to accompany The Freedom RidersForty years ago, a dozen or so friends decided to test a new ruling that banned the forced separation of whites and blacks in interstate travel. They became known as Freedom Riders, and they paved the way for the civil rights struggle. John Lewis joined the original rides. He is now a Congressman from Georgia. Well, today they're retracing their steps from the spring of '61.
April 5, 2011
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Toolkit for “Set In Stone”
This toolkit accompanies the article “Set in Stone,” and provides classroom activity ideas to bring monuments to life and engage students in learning the full story behind a given monument.
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Responding to Anti-Asian Violence and Georgia Shootings
After a shooting spree in Georgia took the lives of eight people—including six Asian American women—it’s important to pause, check in and prioritize care.
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“Conversations Aren’t Enough”
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tells the hard truth about why so many students still attend segregated schools.
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Discussing War and Conflict: Resources for Educators, Parents and Caregivers
As images of war and conflict fill television screens and flood the internet right now, young people need the support of parents, caregivers and educators to grapple with their emotions and to understand the events.
October 10, 2023
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Students Break Out of Fixed-Race Box
My journalism students were brainstorming topics for their final story projects. I urged them to come up with compelling ideas that relate to their experiences but that push deeply into national trends. “Stop letting all the midlife writers (like myself) tell your stories,” I pushed. “Tell your own.”