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The Jim Crow North

Episode 6, Season 3 The civil rights movement was never strictly a Southern phenomenon. To better understand the Jim Crow North, we explore discrimination and Black protest in places like Milwaukee, Omaha, Cleveland and

October 26, 2020

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July 15, 2009

Activities for By Virtue of Being Human

As a class, develop a working definition of human rights.

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Nonviolence and Self-Defense

Episode 5, Season 3 Armed resistance and nonviolent direct action co-existed throughout the civil rights era. In this episode, three historians confront some comfortable assumptions about nonviolence and self-defense

October 13, 2020

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Malcolm X Beyond the Mythology

Episode 14, Season 3 Historian Clarence Lang joins us for a conversation about Malcolm X. We discuss his commitment to Black pride and self-determination and his rejection of the white gaze and the myth of American

March 15, 2021

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August 15, 2013

Fourth graders and the 14th Amendment

Reading the U.S. Constitution prompts students to consider equality issues in their own lives.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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October 17, 2016

Life After Diversity Training

When the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights mandated diversity trainings for this school district, everyone pulled together to make some serious changes for the better.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Teaching the Movement’s Most Iconic Figure

Episode 7, Season 3 You cannot teach the civil rights movement without talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But it’s critical that students deconstruct the mythology surrounding the movement’s most iconic figure to

November 10, 2020

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Making a Scene: The Movement in Literature and Film

Episode 10, Season 3 From the hard work of organizing to the reality of everyday life under Jim Crow, films and literature can bring historical context to life for students. In this episode, we recommend several “must

December 21, 2020

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The Black Panther Party and the Transition to Black Power

Photography by Getty Images/Bev Grant Episode 15, Season 3 The history of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense can help us understand the transition from civil rights to Black Power and contemporary issues like mass

March 30, 2021

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Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System

Racialized social control has adapted to race-neutral social and political norms in the form of mass incarceration. Criminalization stands in as a proxy for overt racism by limiting the rights and freedoms of a racially defined undercaste.

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9-12

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Class Rights & Activism

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Social Studies

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October 13, 2014

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