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Stop Talking in Code: Call Them Black Boys
A Black educator challenges colleagues to consider the school-based and societal implications of calling Black boys “Black males.”
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Teaching the Hard History of Indigenous Slavery
TT’s newest film, ‘The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors,’ offers a classroom-ready introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States.
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Students Lose When Black Women Aren’t Supported
To mitigate the harm against Black students and all children of color in schools, we must love and support Black women in school leadership roles.
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Teaching Reconstruction Is Absolutely Necessary
Most state standards don’t accurately represent the Reconstruction era. The Zinn Education Project’s new Teach Reconstruction campaign and report highlight why truthful teaching about this period is a must.
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Solidarity as Social and Emotional Safety
This model of social and emotional learning emphasizes mutual aid, restorative justice and safety by design.
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Case Against Chairman Bobby and Ericka Dismissed
The Black Panther Party’s newspaper article covers the 1971 acquittal on conspiracy charges for fellow members Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale. In the article, BPP members also address issues like police brutality, urban poverty and political prisoners.
July 18, 2022
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The Black Arts Movement
The article, written by Larry Neal, talks about the Black Arts Movement in depth: the beauty, the pain, the struggle and progress. Neal also talks about Black power, Black nationalism and the Black aesthetic.
July 18, 2022
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The War in Vietnam
After a classmate died in Vietnam, a group of Black community members wrote and distributed this leaflet encouraging “Negro boys” to avoid the draft.
July 18, 2022
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NAACP Lawyer Constance Baker Motley Interviewed by Renee Poussaint (2002)
This interview with NAACP lawyer Constance Baker Motley discusses her experience at the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 18, 2022
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Freedom Primer No. 1: The Convention Challenge and the Freedom Vote
This pamphlet from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) explains their unsuccessful 1964 Democratic National Convention challenge in Atlantic City and the MFDP’s plans moving forward from the convention.
July 18, 2022