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August 11, 2016

Five Ways to Advocate for Justice in Education

Dr. Ruha Benjamin, the first black woman to give a keynote at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference, provides insight on what we can do in our own networks and communities to bring about social change.

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Rights & Activism

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Representative Lewis Discusses Reenacting Historic Bus Rides of 1961 Video Transcript

This piece is to accompany The Freedom RidersForty years ago, a dozen or so friends decided to test a new ruling that banned the forced separation of whites and blacks in interstate travel. They became known as Freedom Riders, and they paved the way for the civil rights struggle. John Lewis joined the original rides. He is now a Congressman from Georgia. Well, today they're retracing their steps from the spring of '61.

April 5, 2011

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

Against the Grain

This piece is to accompany James Loewen's feature story " Getting the Civil War Right." Recently I spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution surveying 12 popular American history textbooks, learning how teachers use

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June 28, 2017

An Emmett Till Sign Was Erased—So Students Stepped in to Honor His Memory

The story of Emmett Till, in part, represents a fight against erasure and mistruths. Recently, a group of students joined that fight.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 25, Spring 2004

BROWN V. BOARD: Where Are We Now?

African American Student holding the US flag while younger students are sitting on the floor

Fifty years after the historic ruling, American schools are resegregating.

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Rights & Activism

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David Holthouse

David Holthouse is the Senior Editor of SPLC’s Intelligence Project a freelance writer who lives in Montgomery, Ala.

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Issue 1, Fall 2021

Reimagining Digital Literacy Education To Save Ourselves

Illustration of person holding a laptop.

Misinformation and online hate are crisis-level threats to democracy and liberation movements. Digital literacy education must be among the solutions.

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Student Leadership

Educators and other adults can help students develop their leadership skills in a variety of ways, from preparing students for formal leadership positions to supporting student-driven actions for social justice.

May 26, 2023

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Advocating to State Legislators

Some states are restricting or limiting educators’ ability to teach honest history in their classrooms. Advocate against this.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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Forced to Work

These images show enslaved people laboring in fields in Georgia and South Carolina.

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3-5 6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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History

January 27, 2020

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