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Freedom School Data

This 1964 report was issued by the Council of Federated Organizations in the midst of Freedom Summer to describe their Freedom Schools project. It demonstrates the breadth of the project and the enthusiasm about its potential.

Council of Federated Organizations

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

July 6, 2022

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April 4, 2012

Religious Diversity Must Include Nonbelievers

A recent issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine addressed two subjects that I see converging in news stories from around the country – intolerant attitudes toward students who are atheist and teachers using their positions to bully students.

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Religion Rights & Activism

professional development

Religious Diversity in the Classroom

Teaching Tolerance and the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding teamed up to offer educators a free webinar series: Religious Diversity in the Classroom.

Professional Development Topic

Instruction

Topic

Religion

September 10, 2014

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Around the Freedom Table

Black and Jewish youths share a heritage of liberation.

Topic

Religion

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Literature

Autographs for Freedom

An anti-slavery poem by Harriet Beecher Stowe from 1852.

“Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Thirty-five other Eminent Writers.”

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 13, 2017

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Charles Henry Langston, Freedom Fighter

Charles Henry Langston was an early abolitionist in Ohio who risked his own safety and freedom to help another man escape slavery.

Lynne Peskoe-Yang

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Slavery

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History

January 7, 2019

the moment

Addressing the Department of Justice's "Religious Liberty" Task Force

A 2018 Department of Justice initiative threatens to strip LGBTQ students of agency, physical safety and emotional development. These resources provide educators with tools—and courage—to stand up for LGBTQ students through their policies, their actions and the lessons they teach.

The Religious Liberty Task Force Is More Sword Than Shield
TT’s NEW LGBTQ Best Practices Guide
Toolkit for "Religion versus Equality?"

July 31, 2018

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

No School Like Freedom School

Large circle of children playing outdoor

Based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools, modern-day programs educate and empower students.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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August 1, 2014

Freedom Schools 50 Years Later

Fifty years after the Freedom Schools of 1964, today’s Freedom Schools continue the legacy.

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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The Freedom Riders Video Transcript

This piece is to accompany The Freedom Riders video and lesson. In 1961, the Civil Rights Movement took another strategic turn. A small group of activists, both black and white, calling themselves the Freedom Riders, decided to travel by bus through the Deep South, where segregation in bus facilities wasn’t just the custom, it was the law, and where the simple act of boarding a bus was enough to put one’s life on the line.

April 5, 2011

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