Monita K. Bell

Monita K. Bell is Learning for Justice’s former associate director for editorial and host of The Mind Online podcast. Before joining LFJ, she taught composition and literature courses at Auburn University and Alabama State University; she has also worked as an online writing tutor. Bell is the author of Getting Hair “Fixed”: Black Power, Transvaluation, and Hair Politics.

Articles by Monita K.

Ned Blackhawk Q&A: Understanding Indigenous Enslavement

Historian Ned Blackhawk explains why we must understand Indigenous enslavement to fully understand American history.

Monita K. Bell

Julia Delacroix

Another Slavery Simulation: We Can and Must Do Better

A simulation of an auction during a fifth-grade lesson about slavery last week is just the latest illustration of why we need better ways to teach hard history.

Monita K. Bell

The New Kid in Class

Mia can't understand why the new kid, Amena, seems sad. But she learns that a little empathy goes a long way.

Kaitlin Cyca

Monita K. Bell

Segregation by Design

Our national understanding of segregation is incomplete unless we face the history of residential redlining. Richard Rothstein, author of 'Color of Law,' explains why.

Val Brown

Monita K. Bell

“We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams”

As part of our series highlighting educator voices, we spoke to five Black teachers who teach in predominately Black or all-Black settings to ask how they approach the topic of slavery.

Monita K. Bell

Monita K. Bell

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Articles by Monita K.

Ned Blackhawk Q&A: Understanding Indigenous Enslavement

Another Slavery Simulation: We Can and Must Do Better

The New Kid in Class

Segregation by Design

“We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams”

Learning for Justice in the South

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