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"Unite and Overcome!"
Chicana activist Elizabeth Martínez calls for fearless thinking about racism.
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Toolkit for Race ≠ DNA
This toolkit provides a professional development framework for looking at common misconceptions surrounding race and ancestry, as well as ways to debunk them and build identify-safe classrooms and schools.
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Loving for All
Richard and Mildred Loving were plaintiffs in the historic Supreme Court ruling Loving v. Virginia, which struck down race restrictions on the freedom to marry. What follows is Mildred Loving’s public statement delivered on June 12, 2007, the 40th Anniversary of the decision.
July 7, 2014
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An Angry Black Woman on the Subject of the Angry White Man
Jordan's poem takes on an sarcastic tone as she describes the duties, punishments, emotions and false promises endured by African Americans since slavery in response to Bill Clinton's description of affirmative action as "a psychologically difficult time for the so-called angry White man."
July 7, 2014
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Remembering Howard Zinn
As a young newspaper reporter in Texas, I covered my fair share of speeches. The thrill of hearing an important person give carefully prepared remarks wore off quickly. So I got in the habit of turning away from the speaker and watching the crowd.
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Alabama Literacy Test (c. 1965)
A literacy test from Alabama (c. 1965) asks complex questions about civics to suppress voter registration and demonstrates the range of questions available to officials.
July 7, 2022
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You and White Supremacy: A Challenge to Educators
It started as a series of Instagram posts; then it became a downloadable workbook. Now, the “Me and White Supremacy” challenge is reaching the mainstream—and creator Layla F. Saad hopes all teachers with white privilege will find the courage to take it.
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Afro-Latina
In this spoken word piece, Elizabeth Acevedo speaks of her Afro-Latina heritage, recounting how she first rejected her roots and then learned to embrace them.
September 28, 2018
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A Call for Anti-Bias Education
To develop the next generation of civic leaders, educate children early and in age-appropriate ways about their identities and key concepts about race.
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Returning to the Place of Origin
Educator Gerardo Muñoz on the critical importance of centering community—this school year more than ever.