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May 13, 2024

Connecting the ‘Brown’ Decision to Today’s Social Justice Movement

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Teach the Supreme Court’s decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka' in all its complexity and relevance to the ongoing movement for inclusive education.

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Civil Rights Movement

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A Personal Mission: Sammy Younge Jr.

Although raised in a prosperous and prestigious African-American home in Tuskegee, Ala., Sammy Younge found himself drawn most to the civil rights movement. While the cause cost him his life, his actions and determination helped to transform this Southern city.

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Class

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History

July 31, 2018

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Debbie Reese on Book Bans and Native Representation

Scholar Debbie Reese talks book bans and the fear of a just society.

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Reconstruction 101: Progress and Backlash

Episode 4, Season 4 Just months after the Civil War ended, former Confederates had regained political footholds in Washington, D.C. In her overview of Reconstruction, Kate Masur notes how—in the face of evolving, post

September 28, 2021

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Black Soldiers: Global Conflict During Jim Crow

Episode 9, Season 4 U.S. involvement in world wars and the domestic Black freedom struggle shaped one another. By emphasizing the diverse stories of servicemen and women, historian Adriane Lentz-Smith situates Black

December 13, 2021

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February 26, 2024

Charles Person: Freedom Rider Encourages Others To Get On Board

For the youngest of the original Freedom Riders who boarded buses in 1961, the quest for justice continues.

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Rights & Activism

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May 24, 2022

Where Do We Go From Here?

Flying wish lanterns being released against a night sky.

LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that "Education is not merely a way of upward mobility for the individual, it is a way of collective movement."

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Saving Title VI

Illustration of various people holding different protest signs.

This group of moms is working to ensure no one’s children are denied civil rights in school.

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Correcting History: Confederate Monuments, Rituals and the Lost Cause

Episode 5, Season 4 The Lost Cause narrative would have us believe that Confederate monuments have always been celebrated, but people have protested them since they started going up. Historian Karen Cox unpacks how the

October 18, 2021

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Baseball, Civil Rights and the Anderson Monarchs Barnstorming Tour

Episode 17, Season 3 In 2015, Coach Steve Bandura loaded the Anderson Monarchs, a Little League baseball team from Philadelphia, onto a 1947 Flxible Clipper Bus for a barnstorming tour back in time. Bandura and the

August 16, 2021

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