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17 Good Things That Actually Happened In '17
In a year when hate thrived, we thought it was important to remember some of the good things that happened in 2017.
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1960: Sitting Down to Take a Stand
In this article, Suzanne Bilyeu details how the sit-in by the "Greensboro Four" at Woolworth's store in North Carolina created a domino effect which led to sit-ins across the country and galvinized support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 5, 2014
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20 Years of Change
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello looks back on our 20th birthday.
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The 65th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
December 5 marks the 65th anniversary of the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It’s critical not to oversimplify or whitewash this watershed moment. These resources help students contextualize the boycott—and the civil rights movement at large—beyond Rosa Parks’ role, with a focus on women who were also instrumental in sparking change.
- ‘Browder v. Gayle’
- Five Ways to Avoid Whitewashing the Civil Rights Movement
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Acknowledging the Bigotry Within
A couple of nights ago, I took my daughter to Chuck-E-Cheese, a tradition of ours when her other mother is out of town. We play skee-ball to win long rows of tickets that we later exchange for plastic toys and stickers. We play — it’s our way of lessening how much we miss the Mom who’s not with us. This particular evening something besides the blinking lights of games caught my eye, though.
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Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Acknowledgments Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello Design Director Russell Estes Senior Designer Valerie Downes Projects Leads Emily Chiariello June Cara Christian Maya Lindberg
July 6, 2017
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After the Silence, We Need Strong Voices
Scattered across the cinderblocks of our middle school walls are some new faces, photographs of kids who have been silenced. Lee Simpson on Oct. 10, 2008. Scotty Weaver on July 22, 2004. Lawrence King on Feb. 12, 2008. Carl Walker-Hoover on April 9, 2009. All silent. They are dead.
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After Tragedy, Rally Students for Change
The day after Valentine’s Day 2008, I watched my 1st period students file into the room. They were uncharacteristically quiet. When the bell rang, they all looked at me, waiting to hear how I might make sense of the previous night’s tragedy when Steven Philip Kazmierczak opened fire in Cole Hall on Northern Illinois University’s campus, shooting 21 people and killing five.
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The Alcatraz Proclamation: A Primary Document Activity
On November 20, 1969, Alcatraz island became the unlikely stage for a landmark event in the Native American rights movement.
July 6, 2009
