Video and Q&A conversations with Civil Rights Movement activists and witnesses to history: Jo Ann Bland of Selma, Alabama; Charles Person of Atlanta, Georgia; Valda Harris Montgomery of Montgomery, Alabama; and Helen Sims of Belzoni, Mississippi.
Education Justice Now
Democracy Requires Learning and Teaching Accurate and Honest History
How can history help us resist hate in society today and work toward a more inclusive future? Opposition to equality is, unfortunately, not new to the history of the United States. Recognizing the relevance of history to today’s justice movements is crucial for understanding and countering current pushbacks against democratic values. And with the intense efforts to dismantle public education and to erase and alter our country’s history, teaching accurate history — including the hard truths of our nation’s past — is essential.
Learning for Justice offers resources to learn and teach honestly about our nation’s history and the impact of race and racism.
Teaching Hard History Podcast Series
Host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., brings us the hard history of the United States from slavery through the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights Movement — with relevance to today’s issues.
Resisting Hate in Education
This series offers strategies for prevention, intervention and response to hate and bias in education and communities.
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Episode 8: Film and the History of Slavery
Film has long shaped our nation’s historical memory — for good and bad. Film historian Ron Briley offers ways to responsibly use films in the classroom to more accurately frame the narrative of American slavery and Reconstruction.