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The Human Face of Immigration
Students challenge stereotypes when they see the people behind the slogans.
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How State Standards Represent Indigenous Peoples
In this Q&A blog, education researcher Kate Shuster asks Sarah Shear of Penn State University-Altoona about how indigenous history is taught in U.S. classrooms and why many states’ standards need to be revamped.
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Jimmie Lee Jackson
This essay details Jimmie Lee Jackson’s involvement in the voting rights movement and his violent death at the hands of Alabama state troopers.
March 10, 2016
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The Origins of Lynching Culture in the United States
Paula Gidding, a professor of Africana studies at Smith College, discusses the history and origins of lynching.
November 3, 2015
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The Negro's Place in World Reorganization
This essay introduces the Universal Negro Improvement Association and some of its core beliefs, such as the idea that all African-descended people should work together to achieve preservation and independce from whites at home and abroad, particularly in Africa.
July 3, 2014
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Fresh Takes
Student filmmakers promote dialogue and activism in their communities.
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A Personal Mission: Sammy Younge Jr.
Although raised in a prosperous and prestigious African-American home in Tuskegee, Ala., Sammy Younge found himself drawn most to the civil rights movement. While the cause cost him his life, his actions and determination helped to transform this Southern city.
July 31, 2018
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William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown was born into slavery and later escaped to become one of the foremost supporters of abolition.
January 8, 2019
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The Strength of Ordinary People: A Conversation With Jo Ann Bland
As a child, Jo Ann Bland participated in the Selma, Alabama, march that became known as Bloody Sunday. In this video and Q&A excerpt, Bland inspires us to civic action.