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The Voting Rights Act, Today
How do we celebrate the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 when significant threats to equal voting rights still exist in the United States?
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'What Has Happened to America?'
Klan groups frequently leave pamphlets on doorsteps and parked cars to spread their message of hate. A group calling itself the Bristol Knights distributed a flier in white Connecticut neighborhoods in the 1980s.
April 28, 2016
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Remember the Tulsa Race Massacre
May 31 marks the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Here's why this history must be told.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Title I: Who Gets to Vote?
Primary sources can help students explore just how controversial voting rights were in the century preceding the Act.
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Jim Crow Is Watching
In this essay, the author describes the ways in which the Civil War and 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments guaranteed African Americans certain rights, but how those rights were quickly reversed due to intimidation and the Jim Crow system.
April 27, 2016
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Race Riots
In this essay, the author gives a short history of race riots, showing how they were originally organized by whites in an effort to show dominance over African Americans, particularly in the South.
June 20, 2016
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Believe It or Not
Four ways to include religiously unaffiliated students in classroom content about religion.
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Stop Talking in Code: Call Them Black Boys
A Black educator challenges colleagues to consider the school-based and societal implications of calling Black boys “Black males.”
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Examining Stereotypes in Books
This lesson is intended to help guide children to respond to literature with an eye toward social justice.
July 10, 2017
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