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To cover is to downplay aspects of our identity that make us different from mainstream society. Kenji Yoshino argues that, although we live in an age where the law prohibits many forms of discrimination, people still face pressure to hide who they are.

Kenji Yoshino

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Ability Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

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Eulogy of George Washington (1799)

This text covers the topics of faith and slavery in early America, religion and enslaved people, and preachers' narratives during slavery.

Richard Allen

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

December 14, 2017

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Black Men and the Draft

Cleveland Sellers provides a testimonial of his experience with the draft for the Vietnam War, the racism of Selective Service and his antiwar orientation.

Cleveland Sellers

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 15, 2022

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Student Voices: Raghad and Rahaf Barcudi

Rahaf is a Syrian immigrant who compares her life in Syria to her new life in the U.S.

Raghad and Rahaf Barcudi

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Immigration

Subject

Geography

September 28, 2018

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Literature

This Little Light of Mine

In addition to holding a key place in American folk and gospel music, this song has significance as an anthem of the civil rights movement.

Harry Dixon Loes

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity

Subject

Civics

History

July 3, 2014

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McCarthy: Enemy of the Negro People (excerpt, p. 14)

This journal article excerpt describes how the House Un-American Activities Committee tried to undermine the Civil Rights Movement by targeting some activists as communistic sympathizers. Eslanda Goode Robeson used her testimony as a platform to speak out against American hypocrisy and injustice.

Charles Allen Jr.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

July 6, 2022

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School Is a Place to Ask Questions

LGBT school leaders speak to a group of students about their own identities and explain why it’s important to ask questions and learn more about people who are different from ourselves.

I Learn America

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

December 11, 2014

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The New Deciders

“The New Deciders” examines the influence of voters from four demographic groups—black millennials, Arab Americans, Latino Evangelicals and Asian Americans. Viewers will meet political hopefuls, community leaders, activists and church members from Orange County, California, Cleveland, Ohio, Greensboro, North Carolina and Orlando, Florida, all of whom have the opportunity to move the political needle, locally and nationally.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Immigration Rights & Activism

September 2, 2016

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A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

In this text, we learn about James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, who obtained his freedom only for a creditor to threaten him with enslavement. The text describes his experience working off his debt by privateering in the Caribbean while he expressed his dream to relocate to London, England.

James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

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History

December 15, 2017

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Black Unionists Form Coalition: Organization Will Work for McGovern but Will Not Disband After Election, The New York Times (October 3, 1972)

Newspaper article describing Black laborers’ frustration with the mainstream labor movement and the 1972 formation of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Philip Shabecoff

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

July 7, 2022

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