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Captured Images
A Vermont artist brings students face-to-face with her enslaved ancestors.
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On Being Brought From Africa to America
In this poem, the speaker explores the relationship between her Christian beliefs and her enslavement. She reminds her readers of the Christian belief that anyone, regardless of their race, can follow Christianity and be saved.
July 7, 2014
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Dear Young Person, You Are Valued
Activists Nikole Parker and Brandon Wolf from Equality Florida emphasize the need for each of us to advocate for safer schools where all young people are valued.
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Toolkit for "Segregation by Design"
This toolkit suggests ways to use primary sources to help students uncover the realities of segregation and how it was deliberately perpetuated in the United States.
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An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and newspaper editor. Garnet delivered “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1843.
July 2, 2014
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The Code Noir (1685)
The Code Noir shows the ways in which the French regulated their colonies using a race and religion based legal framework.
January 4, 2018
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William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown was born into slavery and later escaped to become one of the foremost supporters of abolition.
January 8, 2019
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Peace Begins With You
Katherine Scholes begins this informative piece by describing the multi-facted nature of the word "peace" and what it can mean to different people at different times. Then she provides concrete ways that each of us can be a peacemaker.
July 3, 2014
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Debunking the Mobility Myth
The American dream discriminates on the basis of color. How do we explain that to African-American children?
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School as Sanctuary
Immigrant and refugee students and families are under threat. Many schools have joined a movement to protect them.