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Iesha Evans

A female BlackLivesMatter protester in a long dress looks straight ahead as two police officers in riot gear approach her.
Protesting the death of Alton Sterling and the Baton Rough Police Department’s request for Black Lives Matter demonstrators to clear roadways, Iesha Evans stands in the middle of a street as two Louisiana state troopers, dressed in riot gear, approach to arrest her.
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Jonathan Bachman
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K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12
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Rights & Activism
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Civics
History
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
January 30, 2017
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James Reeb

This essay details James Reeb’s calling to become a minister and—eventually—to join the march in Selma. Although he was tragically murdered following the march, his death had a profound impact on the civil rights movement.
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Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Religion Rights & Activism
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Civics
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Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
March 10, 2016
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Barracoon

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This excerpt from Barracoon, which provides a first-person account from the last living man transported from Africa to America as an enslaved person. The excerpt shows Zora Neal Hurston arriving at Cudjo Lewis’ house to speak with him about his past in only the way he can.
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Zora Neale Hurston
Grade Level
6-8
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Religion Class
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History
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
June 18, 2019
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Issue 31, Spring 2007

'Gates of Change'

Students walking in front of the Little Rock Central High School
In 1957, nine black schoolchildren enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality. Fifty years later, Central High's teachers and students revisit the past to help shape the future.