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Complexities of Complexion
So Fake
My Life in the Shadows
Hate at School: January 2019
‘When They See Us’ in Schools
Putting Governor Ralph Northam's Blackface Controversy in Perspective
When racist incidents occur, students often need historical perspective to understand the depth of the offense. That's why our Teaching Hard History framework is so important, and that's why we're offering this edition of The Moment. Your students may have questions about the governor of Virginia's admission that he once dressed in blackface.
- When Our Leaders Let Us Down
- We’ve Got Egg on Our Blackface
- “Playing Black” for Laughs
Democracy in Action: A New Issue of ‘Teaching Tolerance’ Magazine
During a season of protests and pandemic, our Fall 2020 magazine is here. Dive in to discover how students and educators are fighting for our rights, and how they’ve always done so. Here, we’ve highlighted an illuminating interview with This Book Is Anti-Racist author Tiffany Jewell, about engaging children and young people in anti-racism, and a Story Corner for young readers, about speaking up against Coronavirus racism. We hope you find value in these stories—and in every story in our new issue.
- Issue 65, Fall 2020
- This Conversation Is Anti-Racist
- Min Jee’s Lunch
Let’s Talk About Baltimore
In racist tweets this weekend, the president again used dehumanizing language to describe a place that’s home to hundreds of thousands of people of color. When you talk with students about place, how do you uplift a diverse range of experiences, call out coded language and engage questions of justice? This edition of The Moment offers a few places to start, with recommendations for talking about Baltimore and stories of student and educator action that counter racist narratives about New Orleans and Detroit.
- Trump Effect: Teaching Baltimore and the Power of Place
- What the Numbers Don’t Show
- Imagining a World Without White Supremacy
Remember the 1963 March on Washington and Advocate for Honest History Education
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom has become one of the most iconic events from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s. On the 60th anniversary of the march, which galvanized hundreds of thousands of people, it is essential to understand the movement’s challenges and triumphs and connect the past to the present to shape a better future.
The following resources can aid educators, parents and caregivers, and all community members in teaching and discussing the honest history of the 1963 March on Washington.
- Remembering the 1963 March on Washington
- Reflections on a Dream Deferred
- Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice