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Teaching Septima Clark
Freedom’s Teacher offers opportunities to share a lesser-known story about a pioneering educator.
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The Criminalization of Elementary Students
One after-school programmer reflects on the criminalization of youth.
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Where Were You When?
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. This TT staff member reflects on watching the moral arc of justice bend a few more degrees.
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Out of Auschwitz
Samuel Pisar, a survivor of Auschwitz, recounts his liberation at age 16 from the most notorious Nazi death camp.
July 5, 2014
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The Revolution Will Be Tweeted
This middle school teacher empowered his students to lift their voices in discussions about Ferguson and Eric Garner—by assigning them to tweet.
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Confederate Script
Digital, in-color images of Confederate bills: $1, $2, $5, $10, $50, $500.
December 14, 2017
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Male Prisoners Hoeing a Field
The photo shows African-American men hoeing in the field of a prison.
December 14, 2017
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Cabin from Point of Pines Plantation in Charleston County, South Carolina
This cabin served as housing for enslaved persons in South Carolina. Despite some changes since emancipation, the house provides insight into the living conditions of enslaved persons on large southern plantations.
December 14, 2017
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Poster Warning Blacks in Boston: Kidnappers
The Fugitive Slave Law, passed September 18, 1850, denied a jury trial to any individual accused of escaping from slavery.
December 15, 2017
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Literacy as Resistance
This image group features portraits of Frederick Douglass, Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, who all learned to read and write while they were enslaved. Each used their gifts to help end slavery.
January 28, 2020