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Saffron Dreams

Although her husband died in the September 11 attack, Arissa is targeted for being Muslim. In this excerpt, she is held up by a group of men who berate her and threaten to kill her until they realize she is pregnant.
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Shaila Abdullah
Grade Level
9-12
Topic
Religion
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 7, 2014
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Brown v Board.
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, a groundbreaking case that overturned the "separate but equal" standard set forth in Plessy v. Ferguson. The Supreme Court decided this case unanimously on May 17, 1954.
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Earl Warren
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism
Subject
Civics
History
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 2, 2014
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Breeanna Elliott

Breeanna is a Massachusetts history teacher who currently works as the outreach specialist at Boston University’s African Studies Center. She is an educator with a global focus whose work meets at the crossroads of equity in educational opportunities and African studies. Elliott has taught internationally and domestically, and she advocates for rigorous, interdisciplinary education approaches as a means to encourage intercommunal understanding, empathy and global citizenship. She has spent much of her adult life traveling in East Africa and working in African studies.