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Advice From the Experts
TT answers your tough questions. This time, we discuss “colorism” and helping schools in crisis.
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One Hundred Years in the Making
Get to Know the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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When Mini-Lessons Pack a Punch
Are you short on time, but want to teach your students about role models? This after-school educator offers some practical advice.
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A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
Mari and her family have been sent to an internment camp in Utah. She does not understand what they have done to deserve their internment and longs for her backyard in California where she used to grow sunflowers.
April 7, 2016
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Maj Britt Theorin
“Maj Britt devoted her life to solving some of the most critical and intractable problems in the world today: peace, women’s rights and especially, nuclear disarmament.”
August 8, 2017
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And the Winners Are...
Meet the recipients of the 2020 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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Digging Deep Into the Social Justice Standards: Diversity
It's time to reclaim "diversity" as a vital practice, not a buzzword. We're here to help you do it.
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Seeing ALL Identities of LGBTQ Youth of Color
Giovanni Blair McKenzie gave this speech about supporting LGBTQ youth of color and “interlocking forms of discrimination” at the 2015 Human Rights Campaign’s Time to THRIVE conference.
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What the International Response to the Civil Rights Movement Tells us about Ferguson.
This article from 2014 draws attention to the international implications of the Civil Rights Movement. Moreover, it compares and contrasts the Civil Rights Movement and Cold War Politics with modern-day social justice struggles and international politics.
July 7, 2022
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The Power of Place
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that “the victories for justice must be fought for and by ordinary people in the South together with allies from other parts of the nation.”