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One Hundred Years in the Making
Get to Know the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Change Starts Here (With Me): Day of Action Toolkit
This Day of Action Toolkit engages young people in the movement for justice to understand nonviolent direct action and participate in action for change in their communities.
February 23, 2025
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Learning for Justice 2025 Wrapped
“The ebbs and flows of history show us how oppressed groups have shifted power to advance our civil and human rights. The challenge of our time is who will control the political power so democracy is fully realized and all our humanity is fully recovered.”
— Jalaya Liles Dunn, Director, Learning for Justice, from “Making Recovery Last: A Season for Radical Reconstruction”
- The Roles and Responsibilities of the President
- Understanding the Role and Responsibilities of the Department of Education
- Why the 1965 Voting Rights Act Is Crucial for Democracy
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Among Family
Among participants in our roundtable discussions, family moments represented some of the greatest difficulties.
July 17, 2009
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Flipping the Script on Bias and Bullies
Social justice theater can teach your students to take the story into their own hands.
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Atlanta Compromise 1895
Regarded as one of the most important speeches in American history, it was delivered by Booker T. Washington as a plea for racial cooperation in the South during a time of deep racial prejudice.
July 16, 2018
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Hate at School: May 2019
Racist yearbook photos and “promposals” gone wrong are among this month’s hate incidents that marked the end of the school year.
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1982: The AIDS Epidemic
In his article, physician and journalist Lawrence K. Altman describes the early cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the uncertainty that surrounded the infectious disease at its naming.
July 5, 2014
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1947: Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball
Suzanne Bilyeu details how Jackie Robinson's gift for playing ball eventually united a team of 30 men and gave hope to hundreds of thousands of African Americans. These feats came at a great cost to Robinson physically, mentally and emotionally as he endured hate and hardships on and off the field
July 7, 2014