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Issue 14, Fall 1998

By Virtue of Being Human

December 10, 1998, marked the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Classrooms around the country participated in a yearlong commemoration by exploring human rights issues across the curriculum.

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Rights & Activism

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Teresa L. Reed

Teresa L. Reed, Ph.D., (she/her) serves as the dean of the School of Music at the University of Louisville. The author of several books including The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music and The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor, Reed has lectured nationally and internationally on music theory and African American music. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including the Journal of Religious Thought, Popular Music and Society and the Black Music Research Journal. She was previously on the faculty at the University of Tulsa and during her 25-year tenure there served as director

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Toolkit for "Two Pairs of Shoes"

Building Your Knowledge Learn more about Native Americans. First, encourage students to take a short quiz to see what they already know (or don’t know) about Native American Influences in U.S. History and Culture. Oral

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FBI memo announcing COINTELPRO counterintelligence program against civil rights groups (August 25, 1967)

This memo details the FBI’s COINTELPRO plan to discredit and neutralize Black civil rights organizations.

J. Edgar Hoover

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement

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Social Studies

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July 18, 2022

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Issue 45, Fall 2013

Lessons of 1964: The Movement Continues

This year's civil rights anniversaries can be a call to action.

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Rights & Activism

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Appendix C: Online Supplement

Resources for Critical Practices Introduction Perspectives by Jalaya Liles Dunn in Learning for Justice Magazine, Fall 2022 Issue Social Justice Standards by Learning for Justice I. Curriculum and Instruction “ What is

May 26, 2023

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Issue 19, Spring 2001

The Trouble with Tribe

How a common word masks complex African realities.

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Issue 28, Fall 2005

'Good Morning Boys and Girls'

Teaching Tolerance illustration of two kids of different genders 'facing-off' being separated by their teacher

When a simple greeting engenders stereotypes.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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February 3, 2017

“This Is What Democracy Looks Like”

Teaching students about the role children have played in the march for civil rights—historically and today—is just one of many ways teachers can bring the Women’s March into the classroom.

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Rights & Activism

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January 10, 2014

“Playing Black” for Laughs

Costumes and makeup aren’t the only markers for cultural appropriation. Dr. Neal Lester explains the prevalence of—and problems with—“figurative blackface.”

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