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The Torch Is in Your Hands: A Conversation With Helen Sims
Helen Sims, aka the Old Storyteller of Belzoni, Mississippi, encourages us to accept the torch that is being passed to us.
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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History
Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.
November 21, 2023
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Pushed Out
Zero tolerance policies were supposed to end school violence. Instead, they’re pushing students out of school and into the justice system — and children of color are paying the highest price.
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Informational
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” was a speech given by abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, N.Y., at an event commemorating American independence.
July 3, 2014
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A More Complete Women’s History
Go beyond “famous firsts” and teach about the many ways women show up in the world.
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Confronting the Weaponization of Whiteness in Classrooms
As viral racist incidents quickly disappear from public discourse, we challenge white teachers to keep those moments top of mind and reflect on their own biased behaviors in classrooms.
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An Outrage
This film takes viewers to the very communities where heinous acts of violence took place, offering a painful look back at lives lost to lynching and a critical look forward. (Available for streaming only)
September 11, 2017
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Chapter 1: Editorials
An excerpt from A Whale Hunt, How a Native-American Village Did What No One Thought It Could by Robert Sullivan. This piece is to accompany "Holding Onto Heritage: Native Whale Hunts & Diversity" lesson.
July 14, 2017
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Beyond Borders
Geography offers students a new perspective on our changing world.