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Fighting Fat Stigma With Science
What can we assume about students’ health based on their weight? Nothing.
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Who Claims Me?
In Boston, widely regarded as the center of the abolitionist movement, black leaders called on citizens to resist the newly passed Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 in order “to make Massachusetts a battlefield in defense of liberty.”
December 6, 2017
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Connecting Slavery With the Civil Rights Movement
Episode 8, Season 3 To fully understand the United States today, we have to comprehend the central role that slavery played in our nation’s past. That legacy is also the foundation for understanding the civil rights
November 24, 2020
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Jim Crow: Yesterday and Today
Episode 1, Season 4 This season, we’re examining the century between the Civil War and the modern civil rights movement to understand how systemic racism and slavery persisted and evolved after emancipation—and how Black
August 25, 2021
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The House that Love Built
This true story happened after World War I, where a whole village had been destroyed by the fighting.
July 31, 2018
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How Samuel Morton Got it Wrong
Most natural scientists of the 19th century held the belief that human beings were not only members of different races but of different species (also known as the theory of polygeny). This school of thought relied on the
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The Harlem Renaissance: Restructuring, Rebirth and Reckoning
Episode 12, Season 4 During the Harlem Renaissance, more Black artists than ever before were asking key questions about the role of art in society. Oftentimes the Harlem Renaissance is misconstrued as a discrete moment
February 16, 2022
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Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
In today’s anti-government, anti-union environment, it’s important to illustrate what happens when the powerful hold all the cards. The Triangle shirtwaist fire presents an opportunity to do just that.
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A Letter to Young People on Your Power to Effect Change
Recognize the possibilities of the power of the vote, encourage your friends and family to engage in civic action, and become a change agent in your community.