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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.

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One Million Men and Me

Based on a true person, this story is told from the perspective of a little girl whose dad took her to the Million Man March—where she saw the tears, happiness, and chants of men banding together for a common purpose.

Kelly Starling Lyons

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 7, 2014

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November 12, 2020

To Sustain the Tough Conversations, Active Listening Must Be the Norm

Male African-American Teacher Instructing Students | Teaching Tolerance

We have to prepare students—and ourselves—to communicate, question and work our way through a disconnect when the outside world spills into the classroom.

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Rights & Activism

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August 23, 2021

What Critical Race Theory Is and What it Means for Teachers

Person writing notes while looking at computer

Education law and policy expert Bob Kim answers some key questions for educators about these so-called “anti-critical race theory” laws and what’s really going on.

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Issue 20, Fall 2001

Dialogue of Freedom

Asian voices challenge cultural assumptions about democracy.

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March With Me

Letitia and Mae join children leaving school to march in Birmingham, Alabama. Disappointed that they were not arrested while picketing Woolworth’s, they feel reassured by Rev. Bevel, who tells them they made a great contribution to the movement.

Rosalie T. Turner

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

October 30, 2014

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Lord, Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?

This poem features two speakers, a person and God. The person questions why God made him/her black and lists the negative associations with the color. God answers by showing all the beautiful ways humans are created.

RuNett Nia Ebo

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 7, 2014

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I Am Everyone

In this poem, the speaker represents all Native Americans or individuals labeled as Other and persecuted as a result.

Leonard Peltier

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Class

July 7, 2014

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I Am Tired of Learning New Languages

English language learner, Sing, reads his personal memoir in front of an audience, overcoming his fears and feeling proud of himself.

I Learn America

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Immigration

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Geography

December 11, 2014

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Echoes

You can see, hear, feel, and taste the injustice, frustration, and naiveté experienced at this ladies' get together.

Pat Mora

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Class Immigration

July 3, 2014

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