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May 13, 2024

Connecting the ‘Brown’ Decision to Today’s Social Justice Movement

Image of woman and child on the steps of the Supreme Court with a newspaper with headline about the Brown decision

Teach the Supreme Court’s decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka' in all its complexity and relevance to the ongoing movement for inclusive education.

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Civil Rights Movement

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression: A Q&A with the Author of ‘One Person, No Vote’

Professor and author Carol Anderson explains how voter suppression remains alive and well—and how it’s hurting us all.

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Music Reconstructed: Adia Victoria and the Landscape of the Blues

Installment 3 When we consider the trauma of white supremacy during the Jim Crow era—what writer Ralph Ellison describes as “the brutal experience”—it’s important to understand the resilience and joy that sustained Black

April 12, 2022

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

Educating for Democracy

Illustration of young people protesting and holding signs.

Effective civics literacy develops critical thinkers who can connect history and current events to engage in democratic action in building an equitable and just society.

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

What Is White Privilege, Really?

Mountain climbers overshadowed by person in hot air balloon.

Recognizing white privilege begins with truly understanding the term itself.

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January 18, 2018

The Election, One Year Later: Stories From Anthropologists of Education

In the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017, these four anthropologists observed how students and educators responded to the presidential election. This winter, they followed up to see what had changed in the last year.

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Immigration Rights & Activism

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The Freedman's Bureau!

This political cartoon from 1866 attacks Black suffrage and the Freedman’s Bureau.

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9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery

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Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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Issue 9, Spring 1996

Class Action

Students learn rights and responsibilities through law-related education.

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Rights & Activism

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The Little Rock Nine and the Children’s Movement

This lesson focuses on questions of justice and the role youth have played in social and political movements. By reading a combination of primary and secondary sources, students will learn how the Little Rock Nine came to play their important role. These teenagers’ participation in school integration stemmed not from the prodding of the parents or activists, but from within themselves.

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9-12

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Rights & Activism

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

Civics

History

September 11, 2012

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Issue 45, Fall 2013

Twice the Distance

Teaching Tolerance illustration of student long and difficulty path to college on top of a montain

First-In-Family Immigrant Students Face a Double Challenge When Applying to Colleges.

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Immigration

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