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Getting the Civil War Right
Did America’s most divisive war start over slavery or states’ rights? Too many educators get it wrong.
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An Abolition Traitor
A Democratic laborer comments on the problem of abolitionism in the North as well as the South, claiming that the emancipation of enslaved people will result in the damaging of white labor rights and opportunities.
December 15, 2017
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The History Behind Black History Month
Many educators silently wrestle with this question: Is Black History Month a window of opportunity or just a pigeonhole?
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Student Advocates Work Despite a Thankless Task
Junior high school students and members of their school's student civil rights team felt that no one was taking them seriously in their efforts to improve the school's climate. Recently they'd visited classrooms and offered presentations on Maine's civil rights laws and the harmful impact of bias-based derogatory language. They did not get a warm reception from their peers.
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Who Claims Me?
In Boston, widely regarded as the center of the abolitionist movement, black leaders called on citizens to resist the newly passed Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 in order “to make Massachusetts a battlefield in defense of liberty.”
December 6, 2017
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The Straight Story
The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on governmental executions.
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Insurrection in Currituck
The newspaper article relays the secondhand story of enslaved people fleeing from a plantation and joining up with Irish laborers in pursuit of “their freedom.” The escaping party was found, and the Irish “abolitionists” were denounced.
December 15, 2017
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What We’re Reading This Week: January 24, 2020
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
