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Magical Cloaks and Targets?
In the wake of more shootings, this white educator and father contemplates how he can undermine a system that makes his sons and him safer than their African-American counterparts.
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Does My Town Have a Racist Past?
How students can convert the shameful history of sundown towns in the United States into a rich opportunity for setting the record straight.
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Let’s Talk About Lula
Class discussions about To Kill a Mockingbird typically focus on the book’s white protagonists. This brand-new TT lesson turns the lens by focusing on the perspective of one of the book’s African American characters.
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Educating “Those Kids”
After a colleague told her, “I’m not coming back next year,” this teacher reflected on what makes her an effective anti-bias educator.
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Writing the Powerless Out of History
In a recent discussion about a history reading, I asked students if they understood the need to think critically about what we read, even if the reading is labeled “historical.”
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Remembering Rosa Parks
Teaching Tolerance managing editor Brian Willoughby remembers Rosa Parks and her radical legacy.
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Army Office Letter and “I am Committee” Broadside
This Reconstruction-era broadside shows the ways in which African Americans were intimidated and threatened in order to maintain a racially stratified society.
January 9, 2018
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Map from “Freedom and Slavery, and the Coveted Territories”
A map of the United States with shading to indicate slave states, free states and territories, with details such as the states’ representation in Congress and their number of enslaved people.
December 14, 2017
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Centering Diverse Parents in the CRT Debate
Parents of color and parents of conscience, whose children make up the majority of students in public education, must be centered in conversations on race and inclusive education.
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Heat and Light
The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on recent church burnings.