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Go beyond trauma and struggle to examine the liberation, civic engagement, creativity and intersecting identities of Black people during Black History Month.

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Rights & Activism

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Marvin Lynn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Maryland at College Park where he founded and currently heads a graduate program in Minority & Urban Education. Having published in several well-respected academic journals, including Teachers College Record, Educational Theory, Qualitative Studies in Education, Equity & Excellence in Education, Urban Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory & Review of Research in Education, he has emerged as one of the leaders of the field of critical race studies in education. He wrote a very popular

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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.

Frederick Douglass

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9-12

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Slavery

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History

July 3, 2014

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Issue 36, Fall 2009

Pushed Out

Teaching Tolerance illustration with student at a higher point. seeing from behind

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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August 17, 2018

Loc’d Out: How Thoughtless Dress Codes Can Harm Students From Day One

A boy, his face covered by his hair and hand, is pictured outside in snowy weather

Culturally insensitive policies that force students to hide their identities defy the mission of establishing an inclusive learning environment.

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