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David W. Blight

David W. Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale University. He is the author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, forthcoming from Simon and Schuster. Learn more about his work here.

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Issue 17, Spring 2000

"These Guys Are Fun!"

School and community programs foster friendships across the generations

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Class

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Issue 41, Spring 2012

Civil Rights Road Trip

Illustration of a map of Civil Rights landmarks

By tracing the footsteps of those who fought for civil rights, you may begin to think about how you can use your own voice to make positive changes.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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August 6, 2018

Decolonizing the Classroom: Teaching With Indigenous Comics

Young student raising hand to ask question during class lecture

Bring Native cultures, stories and perspectives out of the margins of your curriculum with comics by and about Native peoples.

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Informational

What the International Response to the Civil Rights Movement Tells us about Ferguson.

This article from 2014 draws attention to the international implications of the Civil Rights Movement. Moreover, it compares and contrasts the Civil Rights Movement and Cold War Politics with modern-day social justice struggles and international politics.

Justin Worland

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement

July 7, 2022

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Multimedia

Hearing About the Bombing of Pearl Harbor: Akiko Kurose

“Akiko Kurose grew up in Seattle, Washington. In this clip, she talks about how she felt when she heard that Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor.”

Densho

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3-5

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Class Immigration

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History

February 5, 2019

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Building an Inclusive, Multiracial Democracy

This election season, we ground ourselves in supporting the work to increase power and capacity for a multiracial, inclusive democracy in the South and across our nation. In our Fall 2023 magazine, Angela Glover Blackwell, founder in residence of PolicyLink, and Margaret Huang, CEO and president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, shared their thoughts on the transformational possibilities of that democracy.