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Do's and Don'ts of Teaching Black History
How do you ensure students get the most out of black history and Black History Month? Here are some suggestions.
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McCarthy: Enemy of the Negro People (excerpt, p. 14)
This journal article excerpt describes how the House Un-American Activities Committee tried to undermine the Civil Rights Movement by targeting some activists as communistic sympathizers. Eslanda Goode Robeson used her testimony as a platform to speak out against American hypocrisy and injustice.
July 6, 2022
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“That Part’s Not True”
Many teachers in the United States will include a lesson on Emmett Till as an introduction to the civil rights movement or as part of their Black History Month plans. This year, it’s time to modify the lesson.
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Perspectives on Women’s Equality Day
Celebrate the 19th Amendment with diverse readings from our free Text Library.
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This Is Not a Drill
Educators across the country are taking action when ICE raids happen in their communities. Here’s how you can stand with undocumented students and families—whether or not you live in a vulnerable community.
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Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control
What is the “new Jim Crow”? Throughout its history, the United States has been structured by a racial caste system. From slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration, these forms of racialized social control reinvented themselves to meet the needs of the dominant social class according to the constraints of each era.
October 13, 2014
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What Are the Values of Democracy?
The ideals of democracy are at the core of our shared values and national identity. This resource examines our democratic values as a step in understanding our politics, government and country today. Learn more with LFJ's Civics for Democracy series.
January 8, 2025
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Language Access: More Than Translation
School districts in Washington state illustrate the power of making language access foundational—not an add-on.
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Advice From the Experts
TT answers your tough questions. This time, we discuss teaching black history and honoring your and your students’ identities.
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Enduring Images Captured the Conscience of the Nation
A powerful collection of Civil Rights-era photographs is on display now through August 2010 at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. If you can’t organize a class trip to the museum, consider taking your students on a virtual tour of the era.