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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History

Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.

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November 21, 2023

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Advocating to State Legislators

Some states are restricting or limiting educators’ ability to teach honest history in their classrooms. Advocate against this.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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Advocating to Local and State Boards of Education

Classroom teachers and administrators report that their ability to teach honest history is greatly influenced by local and state boards of education.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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Engaging Colleagues

When educators feel like they are not alone in their belief that students deserve access to accurate and inclusive learning, they are more likely to persevere in their advocacy for teaching honest histories.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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In the Classroom

Educators have an opportunity to be powerful advocates for inclusive education by teaching honest history in their classrooms.

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Civil Rights Movement Slavery Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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Celebrate Native American Heritage

Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of Native cultures and communities. To honor Native peoples, we uplift their honest histories, significant contributions and contemporary

November 1, 2023

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Teaching the Civil Rights Movement

[2023] Teaching the Civil Rights Movement begins in 1877 with Reconstruction and continues the narrative of the movement for equality and civil rights to the present.

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Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

September 29, 2023

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Angela Glover Blackwell

Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder in Residence at PolicyLink, started the organization in 1999 with a mission of advancing racial and economic equity for all. Through her writing, speaking and leadership, Angela has helped to grow and define a national equity movement focused on innovating and improving public policy with a wide range of partners to ensure access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of building an equitable economy, health, housing, transportation, infrastructure, and arts and culture. Prior to founding PolicyLink, Angela

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

Civics for Democracy

LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn contends that civics should “represent the agency and change of each generation, demonstrating the needs of the time and how people showed up for the collective good.”

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

What Is Our Collective Responsibility When We Uncover Honest History?

Photo of Joycelyn Davis, a descendant of Charlie Lewis.

Local history advocates say preservation, education and healing should include community redevelopment and respecting the agency of descendants of enslaved people.

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