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What We're Reading
The Teaching Tolerance staff reviews the latest in culturally aware literature and resources, offering the best picks for professional development and teachers of all grade levels.
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Music Reconstructed: Dom Flemons, Black Cowboys and the American West
Installment 2 From ranches to railroads, learn about the often unrecognized role that African Americans played in the range cattle industry, as Pullman porters and in law enforcement. In part two of this special series
March 18, 2022
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Passages in the Life of a Slave Woman
In this short story, from the 1853 abolitionist collection Autographs for Freedom, Parker shares a heartbreaking tale that shows some of the damage enslavement inflicts on families.
December 15, 2017
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Section IV: Family and Community Engagement
Being an ally to LGBTQ students means bringing people in and reaching out. With these tips, we hope you can create a community within and beyond the school that helps all families feel valued and helps all students feel
October 31, 2018
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Connecting the ‘Brown’ Decision to Today’s Social Justice Movement
Teach the Supreme Court’s decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka' in all its complexity and relevance to the ongoing movement for inclusive education.
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The Kidnapping Case: Narrative of the Seizure and Recovery of Solomon Northrup
This is an 1853 newspaper account of Solomon Northup’s experiences and the trials of those involved in his kidnapping and enslavement.
December 15, 2017
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Against the Current
Native American activists use civil disobedience and consensus-building to resolve an old dispute over natural resources.
August 7, 2017
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Music Reconstructed: Lara Downes’ Classical Perspective on Jim Crow
Installment 4 From concertos to operas, Black composers captured the changes and challenges facing African Americans during Jim Crow. Renowned classical pianist Lara Downes is bringing new appreciation to the works of
April 26, 2022
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The Lesson I've Learned, the Lesson I Teach
This reflection accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." By Kiki Leyba April 20, 1999: Reacting Fourth hour. I'm hustling to Frank's office. The principal is going to offer me — a first-year teacher — a