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Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)

The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.
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American Indian Movement (AIM)
Grade Level
9-12
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Rights & Activism
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Civics
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Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
July 2, 2014
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Part I: Creating Your Group

Before You Begin: The Planning Committee Getting the Right Folks and the Right Data to the Table Once you’ve decided to start a social justice reading group, it’s tempting to jump right into conversations with young
October 16, 2019
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Teaching About the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began on December 5, 1955, and lasted over a year. It’s difficult to overstate the influence of the boycott’s strategy, successes and leadership on how the Civil Rights Movement of the coming decades took shape. In our newest article, we examine the history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott through the lens of Learning for Justice’s newest framework, Teaching the Civil Rights Movement, and we recommend resources that help provide a fuller account of this pivotal event.

  • Teaching About the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
  • ‘Browder v. Gayle’
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Paul Gorski

Gorski is an associate professor of Integrative Studies and a Research Fellow in the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University, where he teaches courses such as Social Justice Education; Poverty, Wealth and Inequality in the US; S ocial Justice Consciousness and Personal Transformation; School through Students’ Eyes; and Animal Rights and Human Education. His recent books include Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty; The Big Lies of School Reform (with Kristien Zenkov); Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education (with Seema Pothini), and T he Poverty