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Kate Shuster

Kate Shuster, Ph.D., is an education researcher and author based in Montgomery, Alabama. Her work as project director for Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching Hard History initiative has included the following: researching for and writing the widely cited report Teaching Hard History: American Slavery; leading a team of experts to write and revise a suite of innovative K–12 curricular resources; producing the Teaching Hard History podcast; and creating and managing partnerships with related interpretive centers and institutions. Kate is also the author and researcher of Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching

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Issue 35, Spring 2009

Our Challenges as a People

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Using Barack Obama's historic speech on race in the classroom.

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A Quick Reference Guide to Teaching Hard History

[2022] LFJ's framework for teaching about American slavery can be used to supplement current curriculum or to guide the creation of new curriculum that more honestly and courageously tells the story of American slavery.

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Slavery

July 6, 2022

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May 28, 2010

Remembering a Tragedy: The Indian Removal Act

One hundred eighty years ago today, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This law set in motion the long, agonizing chain of events that ultimately led to the Trail of Tears.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

Prevention and Resilience: Supporting Young People Through Polarizing Times

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During this time of political and social turmoil, build networks of trusted adults to help young people understand, contextualize and counter manipulative and harmful information.

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Rights & Activism

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February 1, 2017

Proposed Bill: An Ethnic Studies Ban "on Steroids"

Exploring our differences does not divide us; it highlights our identities and reveals our shared humanity.

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July 21, 2015

Sources | Ten Myths About Immigration

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A list of sources that help to dispel common immigration myths.

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Freedom's Main Line

One of the earliest assaults on segregated transit in the South occurred in Louisville, Ky., in 1870-71. There, the city’s black community organized a successful protest that relied on nonviolent direct action, a tactic that would give shape to the modern civil rights movement nearly a century later.

Maria Fleming

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9-12

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Class Rights & Activism

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Civics

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December 6, 2017

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Issue 16, Fall 1999

A Place to Stand

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the need to commemorate the toll of slavery.

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Issue 10, Fall 1996

Heat and Light

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on recent church burnings.

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