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Lives of the Enslaved in Their Own Words

In the face of extreme punishment for enslaved people and breaking the law for whites, roughly 5 percent of the enslaved population learned to read and write. Letters like the ones written below show the lengths they would go to learn.

Barbara Spindel

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Slavery

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History

January 7, 2019

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Dialogue Across Difference and the Promise of Building Bridges

Dialogue creates opportunities to reach across differences and to engage with and understand one another, without losing the integrity of our work for equity and justice. In the new Fall 2024 Issue of Learning for Justice magazine, the first two features, “Dialogue Across Difference” by Brandon Haas and “The Promise of Building Bridges” by Maia Ferdman and Felicia Graham, examine how dialogue is foundational for civic engagement and democratic collective action and offer a model to foster a culture of meaningful exchange, empathy and critical thinking.

Dialogue Across Difference
The Promise of Building Bridges
The Strength of Ordinary People: A Conversation With Jo Ann Bland

October 21, 2024

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November 3, 2017

I Can See Russia From My Mouse: Bipartisan Hearings Produce a Nonpartisan Way to Teach About Fake News

This week’s congressional hearings on Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election offer a great opportunity to teach about the larger implications of misinformation: the dismantling of democracy.

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Tomorrow Night

Bibi and her family escape their plantation and journey to a better life.

Patty Johnson

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 19, 2020

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Advertisement by Clarissa Reed

This advertisement, published in the Southwestern Christian Advocate in 1883, was included in the "Lost Friends" section of the newspaper. Advertisements like this were published after emancipation by African Americans seeking their relatives. Families of enslaved people were often separated during enslavement. In this advertisement, Clarissa Reed seeks her relatives.

Clarissa Reed

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

September 4, 2018

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Lost Friends

A young boy travels with his grandmother to place a “Lost Friends” ad searching for his uncle who was sold by his enslaver and separated from his family before the Civil War.

Jarah Botello

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

February 19, 2020

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S. L. Jones Searching for Relatives

This advertisement, published in the Southwestern Christian Advocate in 1883, was included in the "Lost Friends" section of the newspaper. Advertisements like this were published after emancipation by African Americans seeking their relatives. Families of enslaved people were often separated during enslavement. Here, S. L. Jones searches for his or her relatives.

S. L. Jones

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

September 4, 2018

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August 16, 2011

Federal Initiative to Keep Students in Schools and Off the Streets is Step in Right Direction

We all want our schools to be safe and orderly. Our teachers should be able to focus on teaching and our children should be able to focus on learning. Sadly, though, the effort to instill greater discipline in our schools has backfired.

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On Emancipation Day in D.C., Two Memorials Tell Very Different Stories

Two memorials have been built in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation-one in 1896 and 1998. And while they both pay tribute to the same event, they depict the African Americans within them in very different lights.

Joe Heim

Grade Level

9-12

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Class

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Civics

History

July 16, 2018

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The American Slave Code in Theory and Practice (1853)

This argument from William Goodell underscores the moral and legal precedents used to break up families for commodification.

William Goodell

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

Civics

History

December 14, 2017

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