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Black Unionists Form Coalition: Organization Will Work for McGovern but Will Not Disband After Election, The New York Times (October 3, 1972)

Newspaper article describing Black laborers’ frustration with the mainstream labor movement and the 1972 formation of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Philip Shabecoff

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

July 7, 2022

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Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn

In this letter, Lincoln offers his argument in favor of finishing the war rather than reaching a peace agreement with the Confederate government.

Abraham Lincoln

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 9, 2018

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Letter to Alexander H. Stephens, December 22, 1860

Lincoln’s letter to Alexander H. Stephens states his desire to prevent slavery’s spread and not threaten it where it already existed. This speaks to the centrality of slavery as a cause of the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 6, 2018

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September 24, 2020

Teaching and Affirming LGBTQ Youth after the ‘Bostock’ Decision

This summer’s landmark Supreme Court case made it illegal to fire someone based on their gender or sexuality. But ‘Bostock’ is a baseline, not a ceiling.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Freedom Primer No. 1: The Convention Challenge and the Freedom Vote

This pamphlet from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) explains their unsuccessful 1964 Democratic National Convention challenge in Atlantic City and the MFDP’s plans moving forward from the convention.

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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January 21, 2020

Future Voters Project: Additional Resources

Person writing notes while looking at computer

Looking for registration forms, state laws or further guidance on planning your voter registration drive? Here are a few of our favorite resources!

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Lessons: Voter Suppression

We’ve collected some of our favorite 9-12 resources and lessons for teaching about voter suppression and how it shapes elections today. These TT-recommended resources for exploring voter suppression with students have

August 17, 2020

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April 19, 2018

Youth—United! #Enough in South Central Los Angeles

Marco Vargas by AJ+ | Youth United | Teaching Tolerance

Marco Vargas, a leader with Students Demand Action and a senior at Nava College Preparatory Academy, is working to keep his school and his community safe from gun violence.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 61, Spring 2019