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Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students

With this guide, we hope to help teachers and school leaders make curriculum and policy decisions that include LGBTQ students and prepare all students to thrive in a diverse democracy.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

July 3, 2022

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Literature

Is Reading Bad?

Two small boys on a plantation strike up a dangerous friendship.

Patty Johnson

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Slavery

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History

January 7, 2019

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September 19, 2019

The Youth-Led Global Climate Strike and Celebrating Student Action

A group of young people holding signs in front of the Washington Monument for the Youth Climate Action Global Climate Strike.

This Friday, students worldwide will strike to demand action on climate change. Educators should take the opportunity to support student learning and action.

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Rights & Activism

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Introducing LFJ’s Community Justice Sites

LFJ is piloting our Community Justice Sites programming at the SPLC’s Road to 60 Summit in Mississippi. Our Community Justice Sites are Freedom Schools and Citizenship Schools for everyone. When we “learn for justice,” we center learning to inform our action for liberation and justice in our communities.

Freedom Summer and Today’s Election Process
Introduction to Action Planning: Toolkit
Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement

August 13, 2024

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Cultivating Hope and Nurturing Children and Families

This holiday season, we offer resources for children and families to deepen our democratic values and celebrate our shared humanity. Let’s consider the ways we can come together in our communities to cultivate hope and nurture all our children and youth.

Growing Together: For Children and Families
Liberation Lit
Youth Learning For Justice

December 1, 2025

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Informational

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

In this text, we learn about James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, who obtained his freedom only for a creditor to threaten him with enslavement. The text describes his experience working off his debt by privateering in the Caribbean while he expressed his dream to relocate to London, England.

James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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Informational

An Act for Prohibiting the Importation of Negroes, June 1774

With this text, the colony of Rhode Island outlawed the importation of enslaved Africans and established the immediate emancipation of enslaved people in the colony in 1774. However, the law stipulated some important exceptions that made this change particularly ineffective.

Colony of Rhode Island

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9-12

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Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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October 10, 2019

Support LGBTQ Students and Educators as Our Rights Are Decided

Two people holding hands in front of a rainbow flag.

As the Supreme Court hears cases to decide whether federal law protects LGBTQ people from employment discrimination, one queer educator explains how his colleagues can be accomplices in the fight for LGBTQ civil rights.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Informational

Negro Sues City on School Zoning: Harlem Institutions Inferior, Mother of Girl Holds

Mae Mallory sues the New York Board of Education for desegregation in public schools.

Benjamin Fine

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement

June 15, 2022

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

When a Student Picks Up a Book

Catherine Alene reflects on the power of positive classroom experiences for our most vulnerable learners.

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