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Issue 31, Spring 2007

'Gates of Change'

Students walking in front of the Little Rock Central High School
In 1957, nine black schoolchildren enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality. Fifty years later, Central High's teachers and students revisit the past to help shape the future.
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Literature

Barracoon

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This excerpt from Barracoon, which provides a first-person account from the last living man transported from Africa to America as an enslaved person. The excerpt shows Zora Neal Hurston arriving at Cudjo Lewis’ house to speak with him about his past in only the way he can.
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Zora Neale Hurston
Grade Level
6-8
Topic
Religion Class
Subject
History
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
June 18, 2019
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James Reeb

This essay details James Reeb’s calling to become a minister and—eventually—to join the march in Selma. Although he was tragically murdered following the march, his death had a profound impact on the civil rights movement.
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Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Religion Rights & Activism
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
March 10, 2016
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The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977)

A Black radical feminist organization of the 1970s, the Combahee River Collective outline their political ideology in their organization’s statement. They argue that race, gender and class oppression intersect to form new levels of inequalities experienced by Black women.
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The Combahee River Collective
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Civil Rights Movement Class Gender & Sexual Identity
Subject
Social Studies
History
Social Justice Domain
Identity Action
July 18, 2022