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Freedom Wasn’t Free in ’64—and It Isn’t Free Now
‘Freedom Summer,’ an American Experience film, highlights an overlooked but essential period in the civil rights movement.
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What's in a Mascot?
A 9th-grade English unit helps students analyze legacy behind Native American mascots.
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Rosa Parks: Abused and Misused
When Idaho Rep. Brent Crane characterized Rosa Parks as a champion of states’ rights in a recent debate, it was a troubling sign of what happens when a nation doesn’t work hard to remember its history.
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Resist Telling a Simple Story
Telling only one story of civil rights marginalizes the voices we ignore. It also prevent us from doing exactly what the story of civil rights is supposed to teach us to do―fight for justice in our own communities as those before us did.
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Suffragists Change Tactics in Fight for Equal Suffrage (Transcript)
This piece is to accompany Women's SuffrageWatch the video here.
November 15, 2011
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The Double Standard of Coming Out
In sports, machismo and closeted sexuality prevail. And players courageous enough to talk about their sexual orientation are, sadly, not on equal footing.
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Going to Bat for Girls
School athletics in Nebraska is radically altered after a mother’s court fight for equal treatment for high school female athletes.
December 6, 2017
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Teaching the Movement, Beyond Four Famous Words
The March on Washington was more than a backdrop to “I Have a Dream.”
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Teaching Courage in a Postmodern World
Students need historic context to connect activism of the past to social issues in the present.
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Connecting the ‘Brown’ Decision to Today’s Social Justice Movement
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.