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An angry mob beat the Freedom Riders when they arrived in Montgomery. How do you explain that to young children?

LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that “the victories for justice must be fought for and by ordinary people in the South together with allies from other parts of the nation.”

Representations of black people as animals is both a past and present manifestation of the United States’ complicated history with race.

This teacher believes it’s crucial for white teachers like her to seek out productive ways to talk about race and racism with students.

Study circles help students talk constructively about race.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tells the hard truth about why so many students still attend segregated schools.

Among my third-graders, conflicts often arose over the issue of skin color. “Your mama left you in the oven too long. You look just like a burnt cookie!” “Oh yeah, well you look like a white boy. I bet you ain’t even black.” As a young white teacher coming into a school that is about half African-American and half Latino, I knew there would be racial conflicts, but I didn’t know how they would manifest themselves. I assumed that both groups’ first concern would be the oppression and racism from white people. I was not expecting the intense criticism that I found within the African-American community of its own members.