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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement: The 1963 March on Washington

This critical election year, remember that the right to vote was achieved through the struggles, risks and sacrifices of ordinary people. Learn from our history, vote and help to mobilize others in your community.

  • The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  • Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
  • The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts
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Growing Together: Building a Just Future

When we cultivate the values of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) in young children, we create steppingstones toward resisting hate and strengthening democracy. Growing Together: For Children and Families is LFJ’s new series, with learning activities, stories and book recommendations for children.

  • Exploring Identity and Commonalities
  • Celebrating African and Indigenous Cultures
  • Connecting With Literature
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Dorothy Height: Fighting for Rights on Two Fronts

On August 28, 1963, at the March on Washington, Dorothy Height sat on the speakers’ platform and listened to Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech. She had helped organize the rally that brought about 250,000 people to the National Mall. In fact, she’d been in the forefront of the civil right struggle for decades as the president of the National Council of Negro Women.
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Rights & Activism
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‘Mountaintop’ Helps Students Continue King’s Work

A few years ago, First Lady Michelle Obama was criticized for revealing some not-so-flattering details about her husband, Barack: He snores. His morning breath is “stinky.” He never picks up his dirty socks. To those who said this was too much information about the president of the United States, Mrs. Obama had an answer. “Barack is very much human,” she told Glamour magazine, “so let’s not deify him.” Putting somebody on a pedestal, she said, is only preparation for knocking him from it.
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Rights & Activism