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Report on Draft Program (found in Atlanta’s Black Paper, August 25, 1966)

Issued in the August 25, 1966, edition of Atlanta’s Black Paper, this report on the Vietnam War draft describes the violent actions of American military personnel toward peaceful Black protestors over the course of several days.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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The Ground on Which I Stand

Playwright August Wilson delivered this speech on June 26, 1996, at the 11th biennial Theatre Communications Group national conference at Princeton University.

August Wilson

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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A Cheap, Race-Neutral Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

An article from The Atlantic proposes a solution to reduce the racial wealth gap using “baby bonds.”

Annie Lowrey

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

July 6, 2022

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Report on Voter Registration – Projected Program

This is a 1962 report sent to Ella Baker in which CORE and SNCC representatives outline a future Mississippi voter registration drive.

Tom Gaither (CORE) and Robert Moses (SNCC)

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

July 6, 2022

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Jim Crow, Lynching and White Supremacy

Episode 4, Season 3 Jim Crow was more than signs and separation. It was a system of terror and violence created to control the labor and regulate the behavior of Black people. In this episode, historian Stephen Berrey

September 22, 2020

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Toolkit for A Letter to My Teenage Self

Editor’s note: The author of this essay prefers the pronoun they. In a poignant letter to their teenage self, Jey Ehrenhalt—a transgender educator and advocate—recalls jarring and painful experiences of their youth and describes how many schools urgently need to become more welcoming and supportive places for transgender students.

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February 14, 2017

Black LGBTQ History: Teachers Must Do a Better Job

Civil rights and LGBTQ leader Bayard Rustin talking to four students gathered around him.

Our curricula should not present a narrow, monolithic narrative about Black history that omits certain voices and identity groups, such as LGBTQ individuals.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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June 14, 2022

Juneteenth Observances Promote ‘Absolute Equality’

A mural commemorating Juneteenth stretches across the wall of a building.

At the birthplace of Juneteenth, residents urge us to engage with honest history to build a just society.

Topic

Slavery Rights & Activism

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November 16, 2015

TT Awardee Spotlight: Barrie Moorman

The application window for the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching is open! Read how this award has impacted Barrie Moorman, a 2014 awardee.

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The Resurgence of Hate

The purpose of this activity is to take a look at one of the most famous hate groups, try to understand why its members believe the way they do and learn what can be done to stop hate groups from returning to their historic levels of power and influence.

Grade Level

6-8

January 11, 2010

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