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What We're Reading
The Teaching Tolerance staff reviews the latest in culturally aware literature and resources, offering the best picks for professional development and teachers of all grade levels.
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Not for Sport
A Native American activist calls for an end to "Indian" team mascots.
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Student Service Reflection: A Different Kind of Vacation
A student reflects on his travel to New Orleans, where he helped rebuild parts of the Ninth Ward.
July 6, 2009
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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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The Kidnapping Case: Narrative of the Seizure and Recovery of Solomon Northrup
This is an 1853 newspaper account of Solomon Northup’s experiences and the trials of those involved in his kidnapping and enslavement.
December 15, 2017
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Northwest Community Organization pamphlet, 12th Street Detroit
In response to the 1967 Detroit Race Riots (which took place during the “Long, hot summer of 1967”) the Northwest Community Organization worked to address some of the underlying issues that persisted in urban areas, like residential segregation.
July 18, 2022
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Hercules’ Daughter
Young Delia learns a hard lesson from her papa about what it means to be enslaved on George Washington’s plantation.
January 7, 2019
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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.