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Issue 62, Summer 2019

You and White Supremacy: A Challenge to Educators

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It started as a series of Instagram posts; then it became a downloadable workbook. Now, the “Me and White Supremacy” challenge is reaching the mainstream—and creator Layla F. Saad hopes all teachers with white privilege will find the courage to take it.

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The Color of Law: Developing the White Middle Class

This lesson is the third and final lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine policies that supported and cultivated the creation of the white middle class and the practices that excluded black and nonwhite people from economic development.

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9-12

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Class Rights & Activism

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

Economics

October 10, 2019

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September 22, 2011

Race Relations Scope More Than Black, White

Sometimes teaching at my magnet arts school in Alabama, I can imagine the worst days of racism and intolerance are behind us. Most of the roughly 500 students have genuine, deep friendships across racial lines and very rarely do the old racist memes and tropes raise their ugly heads.

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

Imagining a World Without White Supremacy

Meet two innovative educators who help students face their communities’ painful histories and envision brighter futures.

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Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)

The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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I Investigate Lynchings

Undercover, Walter White investigates an African-American woman's lynching in a rural Georgia town. White uses his Southern accent to keep suspicion at bay during a conversation with a general manager, whom he believes to be the lynch-mob leader.

Walter White

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

October 30, 2014

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Jim Crow, Lynching and White Supremacy

Episode 4, Season 3 Jim Crow was more than signs and separation. It was a system of terror and violence created to control the labor and regulate the behavior of Black people. In this episode, historian Stephen Berrey

September 22, 2020

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December 19, 2013

'Tis the Season: Christianity and Jesus in Black and White

What message does a white Jesus send to Christians who are not white?

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Religion

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Lynching: White Supremacy, Terrorism and Black Resilience

Episode 6, Season 4 Black American experiences during Jim Crow were deeply affected by the ever-present threat of lynching and other forms of racist violence. Historian Kidada Williams amplifies perspectives from Black

October 26, 2021

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White House Data Paints New Portrait of Modern American Women

This 2011 news segment reports on recent data on the state of economic equality for women. Despite the rise in higher education for women, men continue to out earn women.

Savannah Guthrie

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

Economics

July 3, 2014

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