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What Is Our Collective Responsibility When We Uncover Honest History?
Teaching Hard History: American Slavery | Classroom Videos
A letter written from Jo Ann Robinson to Mayor W.A. Gayle of Montgomery, Alabama, dated May 21, 1954
Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do
Young people deserve to learn honest history—history that is accurate, comprehensive and inclusive of perspectives beyond traditional, dominant narratives. Our newest resource guide, Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do, offers concrete tools for educators seeking to ensure the right of future generations to an accurate accounting of our nation’s history.
- Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do
- Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
Teach Truth: Resist Efforts to Censor and Whitewash History
The accurate history of American slavery should be taught to children in age-appropriate and honest ways that develop critical thinking, while recognizing that Black history is U.S. history and goes beyond slavery. These LFJ publications—including Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, a K-12 curriculum framework—reinforce the importance of teaching this history honestly and provide resources for educators and parents.
- Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
- Talking to Children About the History of Slavery in the United States: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
- Survival, Resistance and Resilience
Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do
Black History Month: Celebrating the Diversity of Black Identity
Racial oppression plays a significant part in American history, and it’s critical our students learn about it. But this February, we're encouraging educators to reflect on their own practice and ensure that the Black history they’re teaching—this month and year-round—isn’t limited to narratives of trauma. To support that learning, this week we’ll be sharing some of our favorite resources for celebrating the diversity of Black history, identity and experience.
- Latinx History Is Black History
- Marley Dias
- Love Your Magic Conference
Black History Month: Celebrating African American Literature
This Black History Month, we’re encouraging educators to celebrate the history of Black achievement, joy and creativity. This week, to support that work, we’ll be sharing resources for exploring the rich tradition of African American literature with students in your classroom.
- Celebrate Maya Angelou
- An Angry Black Woman on the Subject of the Angry White Man
Black History Month: Celebrating Black Liberation Movements
This Black History Month, we’re encouraging educators to recognize and teach that Black history includes narratives that don’t focus solely on trauma. While it’s imperative to teach about the realities of racial oppression, it’s just as important to engage students with the many ways Black people have consistently and powerfully resisted white supremacy. For the next week, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite resources for celebrating Black liberation movements.
- Black History Month: Teaching Beyond Slavery
- Black Lives Matter Week of Action
- Resistance Means More Than Rebellion