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Redstockings Manifesto

The feminist organization Redstockings was founded in New York in 1969 on the premise that women were oppressed by male supremacy. Their manifesto calls for female class consciousness and a fight for liberation.

Redstockings

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Economics

July 2, 2014

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Report on Draft Program (found in Atlanta’s Black Paper, August 25, 1966)

Issued in the August 25, 1966, edition of Atlanta’s Black Paper, this report on the Vietnam War draft describes the violent actions of American military personnel toward peaceful Black protestors over the course of several days.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Be Your Own Historian

W.E.B. Dubois, Blanche Bruce, Frederick Douglas and Hiram Rhodes Revels

Dr. Timothy McCarthy talks through the history of Reconstruction and why it’s more important than ever to get it right.

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Alabama Literacy Test (c. 1965)

A literacy test from Alabama (c. 1965) asks complex questions about civics to suppress voter registration and demonstrates the range of questions available to officials.

State of Alabama

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

July 7, 2022

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August 10, 2018

Learning Hard History on the Road

Woman on Charlottesville to Montgomery pilgrimage transfers soil from one jar to another

Charlottesville residents took to the road this summer to learn how the past can help them construct a more just and peaceful present.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

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May 15, 2017

The Persistence of Myth: The Causes of the Civil War

Recent comments about the “controversy” over the causes of the Civil War highlight the challenges of teaching American history in 2017.

article

Issue 4, Spring 2023

The Power of Place

LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that “the victories for justice must be fought for and by ordinary people in the South together with allies from other parts of the nation.”

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

How We Live Our Lives

Teaching Tolerance director Lecia J. Brooks reflects on the still segregated nature of our public schools.

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

Getting the Civil War Right

Illustration of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

Did America’s most divisive war start over slavery or states’ rights? Too many educators get it wrong.

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Slavery Rights & Activism

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Black Lives Matter Today and Always

Over the weekend, white supremacists burned Black Lives Matter flags that belonged to two Black churches in Washington, D.C. during a pro-Trump rally. Earlier this month, Casey Goodson Jr., a Black man, was shot and killed by police while walking into his Columbus, Ohio, home. It’s essential that teachers counter the insidiousness of anti-Blackness and white supremacy with students and affirm that Black lives do matter. These resources can help.

Why Teaching Black Lives Matter Matters | Part I
Don't Say Nothing
Adé Hogue

December 14, 2020

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