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How Schools Can Help
Four steps schools districts should take to increase opportunities for black students.
July 6, 2009
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Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice
To build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles.
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Forced to Work
These images show enslaved people laboring in fields in Georgia and South Carolina.
January 27, 2020
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Freedom Summer and Today’s Election Process
This overview of Freedom Summer 1964 connects to actions for strengthening democracy today.
August 11, 2024
July 8, 2014
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Where Scholars Disagree: How SCOTUS Influenced the Civil Rights Movement
Scholars are divided on the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the civil rights movement. This blogger, a history teacher, explains why this debate is a valuable lesson.
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StoryCorps: She Couldn't Wear Fingernail Polish
“She said, 'You know, there was a time we couldn't wear no fingernail polish...'”
July 8, 2014
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A Mountain Legacy
Children of Appalachia gain pride in their heritage and history
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Better Together
An innovative curriculum spurs South Carolina students to fight bigotry.
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Freedom Schools for Today’s Justice Movement
To confront current education censorship and voter suppression, modern social justice projects build on the foundations of the historic 1964 Freedom Schools.