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After witnessing the rise of the “alt-right,” this social studies teacher doubled down on debunking Confederacy myths.

A retrospective look at the link between civil and human rights

My third-period students rushed in at the start of class, wide-eyed and excited. Something had happened. “Quentin hit Ms. Combs!” Helen Combs was my friend. She taught language arts. “He knocked her down,” one student reported. “They took her to the hospital, and the police took him away in handcuffs!”

The 2008 election showed us that true progress in the struggle for equality is possible. Yet there is still much work to be done.

A McGraw-Hill textbook is under fire for its characterization of enslaved people as “workers”—the latest example of our national unwillingness to face white supremacist history.

Get to Know the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Workshops help teachers talk about prejudice and discrimination.