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Barracoon
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.
June 18, 2019
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Madam Vice President Is a Woman of Color
The election of a biracial, Black, South Asian daughter of immigrant parents to the vice presidency is a historic moment for all of us—especially girls and women of color.
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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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Alabama Literacy Test (c. 1965)
A literacy test from Alabama (c. 1965) asks complex questions about civics to suppress voter registration and demonstrates the range of questions available to officials.
July 7, 2022
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Our Journey to Kindergarten
For one family, finding a kindergarten classroom meant getting honest about race, class and privilege.
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Sexism in the Civil Rights Movement: A Discussion Guide
A closer examination of heroes in our culture.
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Using TDSi in Rural Schools
Rural educators face just as many challenges as urban colleagues when it comes to helping children of color. But there are tools to help them.
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Denounce the Act
Silence or a lack of response allows fear, confusion, misinformation and distrust to grow.
August 27, 2012
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Teacher Fired over Trayvon Martin Fundraiser
What do you do with a teacher who provides students with authentic learning opportunities? A teacher who invests her own resources to support students? A teacher who was voted Teacher of the Year two of the last three years? If you’re Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell at the Pontiac Academy for Excellence Middle School in Pontiac, Mich., you fire her.