July 8, 2014
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Advice From the Experts
Q: Some of my world history students have taken to drawing Confederate battle flags on their homework assignments. What should I do?
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StoryCorps: They Changed My Name
“By the time I was in the second grade, everyone was calling me Raymond.”
July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: It Was Never a Slum to Me
“They called it slums but it was never a slum to me.”
July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: She Couldn't Wear Fingernail Polish
“She said, 'You know, there was a time we couldn't wear no fingernail polish...'”
July 8, 2014
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Once Upon a Time in America
Don’t sugarcoat history in teaching the civil rights movement. Students deserve the full truth about both the racial bias that caused it and our hesitant steps toward freedom.
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From Slavery to School Discipline
Envisioning schools that affirm and protect Black students means reckoning with a long history of racist punishment.
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The Underground Railroad (1871)
This is an excerpt from a book of stories from the Underground Railroad. It contains an exciting story about escape and several descriptions of formerly enslaved persons.
December 14, 2017
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"Safe Saturday" Conversations About Race
An educator’s message motivated by personal unresolved grief leads to the creation of a safe space for intensive, interactive learning about racism and honest U.S. history.
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