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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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Fear and Rewriting Trayvon: Educator Thoughts
Educators can play a real role in ensuring the Trayvon Martin tragedy does not happen to other children. It starts with how we perceive black boys.
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The School Year That Changed a Nation
The Little Rock Nine: An Interview with Minnijean Brown Trickey
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Learn From and Honor Black History
Black history is central to our nation’s story. These resources can help celebrate, teach and learn from Black history and experience all year.
February 1, 2024
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MLK: More Than Just A Dream
Every year around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the news media start quoting his “I Have A Dream” speech. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a great speech – certainly one of the best ever given in the cause of civil rights.
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Interpreting Visuals: Rural America
Web Exclusive activities for What is Rural America? (page 28-31) from Teaching Tolerance No. 38.
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Using Olympic Media to Teach About Intersectionality
The rhetoric used by this summer’s Olympic media has given educators many rich examples to introduce students to intersectionality.
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Addressing Poverty Bias in the Classroom
My nana is laughing as she tells me one of her favorite childhood stories. As her cheeks lift into a smile, I can see the teenager who boldly told her teacher that threats to visit Nana’s parents about her behavior are ineffective. “You see,” she said, “they don’t speak any English.”