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The Infamous N-word
No matter the spelling or context, the n-word remains intertwined with American racial tensions past and present.
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Freedom Primer No. 1: The Convention Challenge and the Freedom Vote
This pamphlet from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) explains their unsuccessful 1964 Democratic National Convention challenge in Atlantic City and the MFDP’s plans moving forward from the convention.
July 18, 2022
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Only Young Once: The Case for Dismantling the South’s School-to-Prison Pipeline
We must end the long-standing maltreatment and criminalization of Black children in the education system throughout the South.
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Texas, Textbooks and Truth
A McGraw-Hill textbook is under fire for its characterization of enslaved people as “workers”—the latest example of our national unwillingness to face white supremacist history.
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Hate at School: September 2018
In September, hate incidents including racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ sentiment continued as school leaders across the United States struggled to address them.
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We’ve Got Egg on Our Blackface
Wearing blackface as a joke or a tribute suggests lack of understanding about the origin of this racist practice.
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Presently Invisible: The Arab Plight in American Classrooms
To create more inclusive classrooms and counter negative narratives about Arab Americans, educators can include Arab American history and culture in their current curriculum. Here are some ways to do that.
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Discipline That Works
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.
July 8, 2014
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Segregation by Design
Our national understanding of segregation is incomplete unless we face the history of residential redlining. Richard Rothstein, author of 'Color of Law,' explains why.