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Trivia and Civil Rights History
An after-school teacher uses trivia to get her elementary students thinking about the world around them—including civil rights history.
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An Angry Black Woman on the Subject of the Angry White Man
Jordan's poem takes on an sarcastic tone as she describes the duties, punishments, emotions and false promises endured by African Americans since slavery in response to Bill Clinton's description of affirmative action as "a psychologically difficult time for the so-called angry White man."
July 7, 2014
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Tour Brings American History To Life
Through a grant from Teaching American History, I was part of a group of teachers who spent months reading, listening and watching films and videos about the civil rights movement before we took a trip to the South. But still it was history—far away, untouchable and remote. That was until the first day in Sumner, Miss.
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Celebrate Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month, coinciding with the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. These resources can help you celebrate, support and advocate for students with disabilities by rejecting ableism—this month and throughout the school year.
- Kay Ulanday Barrett
- Supporting Students With Learning Disabilities During School Closures
- Access for All
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Designing Their Own Black Future
How Black students in a predominately white town are using their voices to lift their community.
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Three Years Old, Black and Suspended
It’s time to intervene with alarmingly high preschool suspensions.
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Celebrate Disability Pride Month
Celebrate Disability Pride Month by supporting and advocating for students with disabilities. These resources include real-life examples to model accessible learning environments for all students. Center the perspectives of people with disabilities to build students' understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act. You can also print and display this beautiful poster with a quote by educator, activist and poet Kay Ulanday Barrett.
- Kay Ulanday Barrett
- Access for All
- Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Civil Rights History Project: Mary Jenkins
Mary Jenkins describes growing up in the Jim Crow era and frequently being told, “You can’t”—both by a mother terrified of what might happen to her daughter if she stepped out of her expected place, and by a system that had institutionalized segregation as a way of life.
February 25, 2019
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Little Rock Helps Students Connect With History
The anniversary of the integration of Little Rock’s public schools gives us the opportunity to reexamine the long-term, societal impact of the Supreme Court’s 1954 'Brown v. Board of Education' decision.
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Explore the History of ‘Loving’
Learning for Justice produced this interdisciplinary teacher’s guide for The Loving Story, a documentary film about a couple’s fight to end the ban on interracial marriage.
June 24, 2022