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Doing History in Buncombe County
A community gets to know its own stories—past and present—through the study of slave deeds.
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Names Do Matter
The start of the school year is an important time to remember that names have meaning—whether they belong to monuments, mountains or to your own students.
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"We Spoke The Right Things"
A 6-year-old saw something no one else did. Her response taught the community about fairness—and the power of children’s voices.
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Who Killed Kalief Browder?
Kalief Browder ended his own life after spending three years in a justice system that showed him no justice.
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Weeding Out Hate, Sowing Love
Horrified at a fourth-grade teacher’s hateful Facebook rant after the pool incident in McKinney, Texas, this TT staffer realizes she could have been just like that teacher—if not for strong anti-bias education.
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Planting Truthful Seeds About Native Americans
By not including contemporary Native peoples into any discussion of Native experiences, we are doing these populations and our students a huge disservice.
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Jim Crow Is Watching
In this essay, the author describes the ways in which the Civil War and 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments guaranteed African Americans certain rights, but how those rights were quickly reversed due to intimidation and the Jim Crow system.
April 27, 2016
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Letter from a Choctaw Chief
In his 1832 "Letter to the American People," Choctaw Chief George W. Harkins sought to expose the deception and manipulation behind the government's Native American policy.
April 27, 2016
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The Zoot-Suit Riots
In this essay, the author details the violence imposed by GIs in the 1940s on the Mexican American population living in Los Angeles, California.
April 28, 2016