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What We’re Reading This Week: May 26
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Freedom School Data
This 1964 report was issued by the Council of Federated Organizations in the midst of Freedom Summer to describe their Freedom Schools project. It demonstrates the breadth of the project and the enthusiasm about its potential.
July 6, 2022
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Homeowners Picket FHA Officials Over Broken-Down Homes, Unkept Promises, Philadelphia Tribune (June 24, 1972)
A newspaper article about the Federal Housing Administration’s failure to fund promised repairs to Black homeowners
July 7, 2022
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What We’re Reading This Week: May 19
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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What Change Looks Like: Notes From Ferguson
This educator wants young people to know that a small group of organized, passionate and hardworking people is behind a national movement.
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A Letter to My Nephew
In this letter, James Baldwin expresses his love for his nephew and describes the hardships of life as a Black man in the United States.
June 22, 2022
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Discovering Ordinary Bravery in the Movement
Most students have heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. They also know of Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of the bus. Unfortunately for many students, knowledge of the civil rights movement stops there.
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Teaching the Historical Context of January 6
As the political fallout from the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot unfolds, it’s critical that educators help students contextualize white supremacist movements of the past and present.
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