This educator reflects on a blog she wrote for Teaching Tolerance in 2014—and finds herself confronting the same misperceptions from others about her culture and worldview.
Valda Harris Montgomery, who witnessed pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery, Alabama, emphasizes the importance of learning the honest history of the movement.
One Learning for Justice staffer reflects on the harm she experienced when her educators ignored Black History Month—and calls on all educators to uplift the value in Black history all year.
The recent rash of viral stories featuring white people who call the cops on law-abiding black people is an iteration of implicit bias that happens in schools every day. It’s time for educators to self-reflect.
Michael Dunn, a white male, shot and killed Jordan Davis, an unarmed African-American male, while Davis was in a parked vehicle at a gas station. This segment from 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets profiles various perspectives regarding the role that race played in the killing.
This piece accompanies the Juliette Hampton Morgan lesson series. Participants learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation.
Alison Yager, J.D., is an attorney with over 25 years of experience advocating on behalf of women, children and marginalized individuals. She currently serves the executive director at Florida Health Justice Project, where she engages in a range of advocacy strategies to expand health care access and promote health equity for vulnerable Floridians. She came to Miami in 2018 from New York City. Alison began her career as a community organizer for the Children’s Defense Fund-NY. After graduating from UCLA School of Law’s program in public interest law and policy in 2001, she provided legal
Doreen Rappaport tells the story of a young Suzie King Taylor and her brother who attended a secret school for black children in Georgia in the mid-1800s. Later on, Taylor would become the first black woman to teach openly in a freedmen's school.