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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. King calls “ diaspora literacy ” to contend with the reflection of white supremacy in my paternal lineage and its connection to world history.

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Mississippi’s darkest days on display in new museums

The Hechinger Report

The two museums, under a single roof, are contained in a 200,000-square foot complex that at its completion will house over 22,000 artifacts. The names and actions of many of these civil rights martyrs may be imprinted in American history, but in Mississippi, many landmarks of the movement have been destroyed.

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