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One Nation, Many Gods
Research shows that a world religions course helps reduce intolerance among students without undermining students' religious beliefs.
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This Conversation Is Anti-Racist
Young people have the vision to imagine—and create—a world without racism. Adults just need to get on board.
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A Message From Our Director
In the aftermath of tragedy, TT director Maureen Costello wants to nurture students who welcome newcomers.
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Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)
The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.
July 2, 2014
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Lynching: White Supremacy, Terrorism and Black Resilience
Episode 6, Season 4 Black American experiences during Jim Crow were deeply affected by the ever-present threat of lynching and other forms of racist violence. Historian Kidada Williams amplifies perspectives from Black
October 26, 2021
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Building Black Institutions: Autonomy, Labor and HBCUs
Episode 8, Season 4 Historian Tera Hunter describes Black institution-building post-slavery and throughout the Jim Crow era, illustrating how Black workers reorganized labor to their advantage, despite virulent white
November 30, 2021
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Premeditation and Resilience: Tulsa, Red Summer and the Great Migration
Episode 7, Season 4 Naming the 1921 Tulsa massacre a “race riot” is inaccurate. Historian David Krugler urges listeners to call this and other violent attacks what they were: premeditated attempts at ethnic cleansing
November 8, 2021
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Creating Brave Spaces: Reckoning With Race in the Classroom
Episode 2, Season 4 People from all corners of public life are telling teachers to stop discussions about race and racism in the classroom, but keeping the truth of the world from students simply doesn’t work. English
August 30, 2021
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The New Deal, Jim Crow and the Black Cabinet
Episode 10, Season 4 Opportunities created by the New Deal were often denied to African Americans. And that legacy of exclusion from jobs, loans and services can be seen today in federal programs and policies as well as
January 11, 2022
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Criminalizing Blackness: Prisons, Police and Jim Crow
Episode 15, Season 4 After emancipation, aspects of the legal system were reshaped to maintain control of Black lives and labor. Historian Robert T. Chase outlines the evolution of convict leasing in the prison system
March 2, 2022