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A. Philip Randolph Oral History Interview 1

This text is a transcription of a meeting between A. Philip Randolph and Harry Truman in which Randolph encourages Truman to pass an executive order barring Jim Crow laws in the armed forces.

Thomas H. Baker

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

July 18, 2022

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Literature

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

Mari and her family have been sent to an internment camp in Utah. She does not understand what they have done to deserve their internment and longs for her backyard in California where she used to grow sunflowers.

Amy Lee-Tai and Felicia Hoshino (illustrator)

Grade Level

3-5

Subject

History

April 7, 2016

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A Quick Reference Guide to Teaching Hard History

[2022] LFJ's framework for teaching about American slavery can be used to supplement current curriculum or to guide the creation of new curriculum that more honestly and courageously tells the story of American slavery.

Topic

Slavery

July 6, 2022

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Issue 4, Spring 2023

A Refuge for LGBTQ+ Young People

Illustration of different people talking and drawing on a chalkboard.

Student-run Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) clubs are a federally protected space for young people to survive and thrive in the increasingly hostile anti-LGBTQ+ climate in schools and across the country.

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Informational

A Rumbling in the Mines

This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

Subject

History

Economics

Geography

August 22, 2016

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

A Second Revolution

This piece is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article "Getting the Civil War Right." Some historians have called the period of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War the "second American Revolution" and the 13th

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Issue 17, Spring 2000

A Sense of Wonder

Young philosophers in San Francisco ponder age-old questions

Topic

Class Bullying & Bias

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Literature

A Slave Auction

Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery for 12 years before he was freed. This excerpt from his memoir of those years, Twelve Years A Slave, details a New Orleans slave auction.

Solomon Northup

Grade Level

6-8

Subject

History

Economics

April 27, 2016

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March 6, 2017

A Social Justice Book Study Group

Seeking to push fellow teachers’ thinking around social justice issues, this teacher and her colleague started a book study group. Here’s how they did it.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Issue 16, Fall 1999

A Solitary Struggle

For many activist teachers, the journey of promoting equity in education is a lonely one.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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