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What Is Your American Flag?
Two drastically different images of the American flag have appeared in popular culture. What might they reveal about the state of race relations in the United States?
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Beyond the Barbed Wire
Helen Tsuchiya, born a U.S. citizen, tells what it was like to move from her home to an internment camp surrounded by barbed wire after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
July 2, 2014
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One Hundred Years in the Making
Get to Know the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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The Crusader Monthly Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1, June-July 1962
The text is an issue of a monthly newsletter written by militant activist Robert F. Williams while exiled in Cuba.
June 22, 2022
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Walkout in Crystal City
A former teacher from Crystal City, Texas, remembers the student walkout that helped launch the Latino civil rights movement 40 years ago.
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Brown v. Board: What It Means Today
Examine the impact of Brown v. Board and the state of school segregation today using interviews with 14 Americans from Teaching Tolerance magazine.
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The Alcatraz Proclamation: A Primary Document Activity
On November 20, 1969, Alcatraz island became the unlikely stage for a landmark event in the Native American rights movement.
July 6, 2009
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'They're Playing Indians.'
How to talk to kids about stereotypes on television. A take-home lesson for students' families.
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'Tis the Season: Christianity and Jesus in Black and White
What message does a white Jesus send to Christians who are not white?