Students from Harvest Collegiate High School in New York City came to D.C. for a field experience. And what an experience it was since it coincided with the Presidential Inauguration, protests, and Women’s March. Teaching for Change facilitated an opportunity for the students from New York to meet fellow teenagers along with veterans of the …
SNCC activist Dorie Ladner carried the U.S. flag as an act of resistance at the memorial for the four girls killed at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. In a 2015 interview with Teaching for Change, Ladner explained, I am not a fan of the wars that have been waged in the name of the …
On July 24, 2014, photographer Matt Herron and SNCC veteran Dorie Ladner shared photos and stories about the 1960s Freedom Movement in Mississippi. Askia Muhammad from WPFW moderated and shared his own memories as a native of Mississippi. The featured books were Mississippi Eyes and This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights …
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SNCC Veterans Meet Students from NY and DC
Posted: January 30, 2017 by Deborah
Students from Harvest Collegiate High School in New York City came to D.C. for a field experience. And what an experience it was since it coincided with the Presidential Inauguration, protests, and Women’s March. Teaching for Change facilitated an opportunity for the students from New York to meet fellow teenagers along with veterans of the …
Category: 2017, News, News Articles Tags: dorie ladner, SNCC
Dorie Ladner and the American Flag
Posted: June 24, 2015 by Deborah
SNCC activist Dorie Ladner carried the U.S. flag as an act of resistance at the memorial for the four girls killed at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. In a 2015 interview with Teaching for Change, Ladner explained, I am not a fan of the wars that have been waged in the name of the …
Category: News, Uncategorized Tags: civil rights movement, dorie ladner, SNCC
Matt Herron and Dorie Ladner on the Mississippi Freedom Movement
Posted: September 7, 2014 by Teaching for Change
On July 24, 2014, photographer Matt Herron and SNCC veteran Dorie Ladner shared photos and stories about the 1960s Freedom Movement in Mississippi. Askia Muhammad from WPFW moderated and shared his own memories as a native of Mississippi. The featured books were Mississippi Eyes and This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights …
Category: 2014, News Tags: author events, Black History Month, civil rights movement, dorie ladner