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The Right to Vote (Transcript)

This transcript of NBC’s 2004 story “The Right to Vote” highlights the events leading up to the Selma-to-Montgomery march, with firsthand accounts from Rep. John Lewis.

October 26, 2011

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March 26, 2018

Five Things for Educators to Keep in Mind After March for Our Lives

This weekend's #MarchforOurLives demonstrations in Washington, D.C., and around the world show the power of student activism. This TT staffer and former elementary teacher has some recommendations for talking with students about the march.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Informational

An Act for Prohibiting the Importation of Negroes, June 1774

With this text, the colony of Rhode Island outlawed the importation of enslaved Africans and established the immediate emancipation of enslaved people in the colony in 1774. However, the law stipulated some important exceptions that made this change particularly ineffective.

Colony of Rhode Island

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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September 12, 2018

Hate at School: August 2018

Student with long hair and purple book bag on.

In the first month that students returned to school in much of the United States, we found that hate picked up where it left off last year.

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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October 10, 2019

Support LGBTQ Students and Educators as Our Rights Are Decided

Two people holding hands in front of a rainbow flag.

As the Supreme Court hears cases to decide whether federal law protects LGBTQ people from employment discrimination, one queer educator explains how his colleagues can be accomplices in the fight for LGBTQ civil rights.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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June 2, 2020