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It was Black History Month. I was working with children and youth in an after-school program in the Clarksdale housing projects in Louisville, Ky. Spike Lee's film Malcolm X had just been released. I sat around a table with a group of teenagers discussing Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and James Cone’s Martin & Malcolm & America.

Meet Kennedy, of Mombasa, Kenya. His wheelchair doesn’t stop him from making the world a more beautiful place.

When a book characterizes problematic “white savior” tropes, how can it be used to effectively question those concepts with students?

Angela Ward reflects on her work leading conversations about difference with educators in Austin, Texas.

Operation Understanding DC explores common ground by bringing African-American and Jewish students together for a year of cross-cultural exploration.

Kenji Ima recalls life in America's World War II prison camps. His daughter works with a Seattle-based educational theater company to share his story.