Michelle Alexander wrote The New Jim Crow to start conversations about race and mass incarceration in the United States. This toolkit develops student vocabulary about these themes and challenges them to create interview questions for another author who writes about social justice.
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Earlier this month, hundreds of educators, parents and students gathered at the Educating Youth of Color Summit in Colorado Springs, Colo. That the state’s 4th Judicial District sponsored the event was no accident.
Appendix A: For Students I am a person who will SPEAK UP against bigotry. Appendix B: Scenarios The best way to be ready to speak up is to prepare. Here are some prompts to get you started. Appendix C: Changing School