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A Gift for Ellington: The Books We’ve Read
By Clarence Lusane As a young child I became a voracious reader. I don’t remember a time when my mother did not read to me. Then she and I began to make weekly trips to the library as I got older. It was the best time of the week bar none. Finally, I grew old …
Two Dollar Subscription to Black History Journal Leads to Life of Activism
We are pleased to share this story by our board member Timothy L. Jenkins about the power of learning Black history at a young age. By Timothy L. Jenkins Since I had been the principal lobbyist for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) back in the day, I was recently interviewed by a Washington …
From the Hill Country to Jackson, Mississippi
“I’d never heard of the White Citizens Council,” said one of the teachers in a workshop facilitated by Julian Hipkins III in Benton County in mid-January. Hipkins traveled to Ashland, Meridian, and Jackson to meet with teachers, administrators, and partners about Teaching for Change‘s statewide Mississippi effort to promote teaching about Civil Rights Movement and labor history. The visit was …
Welcoming Immigrant Students Into the Classroom
This blog post was originally posted on Edutopia.org by Sara Burnett of the Community Education Center of the American Immigration Council and contains useful recommendations in line with the Tellin’ Stories approach to family engagement. The photos are from the day-to-day work of Teaching for Change in schools in the D.C. metro area. Read about …
Stepping into Selma: Voting Rights History and Legacy Today
“The activity helped me understand the reason why certain people took certain sides and why they acted the way they acted.” —Elijah W., high school student This lesson invites students to step into the long history of the freedom struggle in Selma, introducing them to people, turning points, and issues. The lesson offers students the …
Youth Organizing
In making the connection from Selma to today, check out the resources below and Teaching About Ferguson. Websites Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution Black Lives Matter hh What Kids Can Do IndyKids jj Youth4Justice School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) Films Precious Knowledge Mighty Times: The Children’s March Books Catch the …
Bring Lessons of Selma to the Classroom
We need your help so that students can learn and apply the lessons from the bottom-up history of the Selma Voting Rights Movement to their lives and struggles for justice today. The release of the film Selma on this 50th anniversary year of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has helped …
The Selma Voting Rights Struggle: 15 Key Points from Bottom-Up History and Why It Matters Today
Also see a shorter version of this article Ten Things You Should Know About Selma Before You See the Film and a free downloadable lesson on Selma. Download full article as a .pdf By Emilye Crosby On this 50th anniversary year of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act it helped inspire, national attention is centered on …