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The Only One
When you’re the only person of color in your class, school can become a struggle between two worlds.
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When Educators Understand Race and Racism
What is the fundamental outcome of educators growing their racial competence? Learning.
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The Story of Suzie King Taylor
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.
July 3, 2014
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A Teacher Who Looks Like Me
A white educator reflects on this reality: Most teachers in the United States are white, which means that many children of color don’t have academic role models who look like them.
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An Abolition Traitor
A Democratic laborer comments on the problem of abolitionism in the North as well as the South, claiming that the emancipation of enslaved people will result in the damaging of white labor rights and opportunities.
December 15, 2017
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A Rumbling in the Mines
This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.
August 22, 2016
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Set in Stone
How do monuments that venerate individuals who promoted hate and bigotry affect our efforts to create a more tolerant society?
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Visibility is Power
Elementary educator Skye Tooley emphasizes the power of LGBTQ+ visibility in fostering positive spaces of understanding and empathy where all students feel visible and accepted.
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Speaking Up Without Tearing Down
A veteran human rights educator explains the value of teaching students to call each other in rather than out.
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'Gates of Change'
In 1957, nine black schoolchildren enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality. Fifty years later, Central High's teachers and students revisit the past to help shape the future.