In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, one of our teaching and learning specialists reflects on how three exceptional teachers shaped her as a person—and an educator.
When many students think of buses and desegregation, their minds instantly go to Rosa Parks and the 1954 Montgomery Bus Boycott. But the larger civil rights fight over transportation took place seven years later with the Freedom Rides.
What comes to your students’ minds when they hear the word Africa? If it’s mostly civil war and famine, you’ll like the diversity of these recommended texts.
This is an excerpt from a work of fiction about the Civil War. It expresses a pro-Northern view while at the same time arguing that enslaved persons do not desire freedom.
Delvin Davis (he/him) is a senior policy analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center. While at SPLC, he has conducted research to promote progressive public policy in the area of criminal legal reform. His most recent work includes the five-part series Only Young Once, which details the dynamics of youth incarceration in the Deep South. Delvin earned both his B.A. in Public Policy Analysis and M.A. in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.