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You Spoke, We Listened
Looking ahead to the 2016-17 school year—and the election—got many readers thinking and talking!
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Curbing floods and restoring a sense of community
“English Avenue, an historic African-American neighborhood with an illustrious past, sits at the bottom of Atlanta’s water runoff. Blighted by regular flooding, mass vacancies, unemployment, and impoverishment, English Avenue finds hope in a home-grown response from its youth. Longtime resident MacKenzie Bass — along with fellow members of Street Smart — helped construct a park that curbs the excess water, creates a gathering place, and seeks to reclaim English Avenue’s identity.”
June 26, 2019
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A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.
Montgomery, Alabama, is home to two new attractions focused on the history of racial terror. Share the lessons of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice with your students.
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Music Reconstructed: Lara Downes’ Classical Perspective on Jim Crow
Installment 4 From concertos to operas, Black composers captured the changes and challenges facing African Americans during Jim Crow. Renowned classical pianist Lara Downes is bringing new appreciation to the works of
April 26, 2022
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How Can We Build Anti-Racist White Educators?
One teacher reflects on what he and other white educators need to understand as they work to build anti-racist practices and identities.
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Be Your Own Historian
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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Beyond the Little Rock Nine
Help students connect history to the present by including lesser-known events and milestones when you teach the history of school integration.
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Toolkit for “A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.”
This toolkit—adapted from our viewer’s guide for 'An Outrage: A Documentary Film About Lynching in the American South'—provides guidance for educators hoping to tackle this tough topic in the classroom.
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Exploring the SPLC 'Whose Heritage?' Report
This SPLC report, Whose Heritage?, can help teach the history behind the memorialization of Confederate symbols in public spaces.
- SPLC’s ‘Whose Heritage?’ Report: A Teaching Opportunity
- States' Rights and "Historical Malpractice"
- Name Changers
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Music Reconstructed: Jason Moran, Jazz and the Harlem Hellfighters
Installment 1 This is a special four-part series where historian Charles L. Hughes introduces us to musicians who are exploring the sounds, songs and stories of the Jim Crow era. In this installment, jazz pianist Jason
February 24, 2022