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Exploring the SPLC 'Whose Heritage?' Report

This SPLC report, Whose Heritage?, can help teach the history behind the memorialization of Confederate symbols in public spaces.

  • SPLC’s ‘Whose Heritage?’ Report: A Teaching Opportunity
  • States' Rights and "Historical Malpractice"
  • Name Changers
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An American Apology, Long Overdue

You’re forgiven if you missed it. Late last month, Congress passed and President Obama signed a bill that included text that “apologizes … to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States.” Not only was news of the measure knocked from front pages by the health care debate and Tiger Woods, it was well-camouflaged within the 2010 defense appropriations bill.
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Race & Ethnicity
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Are You Ready to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month?

September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month! To help you celebrate and honor Hispanic Heritage Month with your students, we’ve compiled some of our favorite resources for bringing Latinx voices to the classroom. We hope these help you uplift a diverse range of intersectional Hispanic and Latinx identities, experiences, cultures and histories.

  • Unmaking “Hispanic”: Teaching the Creation of Hispanic Identity
  • Latinx History Is Black History
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The First Coconut Tree

In this pourquoi tale, a mother living on one of the islands in the Pacific Islands, is mystified when she bears a round child with no arms and no legs, but she tenderly raises the child until one day he asks to be buried in the sand, where he can grow (into the first coconut tree) and every part of him can be useful.
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Nancy Bo Flood
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3-5
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Bullying & Bias
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Geography
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Diversity
January 5, 2015
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A map of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi with overlaid images of key state symbols and of people in community

Learning for Justice in the South

When it comes to investing in racial justice in education, we believe that the South is the best place to start. If you’re an educator, parent or caregiver, or community member living and working in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana or Mississippi, we’ll mail you a free introductory package of our resources when you join our community and subscribe to our magazine.

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