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Conflicted Policies? Civil Rights and the War in Vietnam

Teaching American History

National Archives. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee has a right and a responsibility to dissent with United States foreign policy on any issue when it sees fit. Civil Rights and the War in Vietnam appeared first on Teaching American History. December 6, 1963. The post Conflicted Policies?

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. The Right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. In Florida, Gov. You can plan other activities.

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From Fleeing to Fighting Back: New Research Explores How People Decide During Violence

Political Science Now

Thus, the 1980s and 1990s were violence-ridden periods fueled by Sikh insurgency, state repression, and human rights abuses. To test his arguments, Milliff collected over 500 survivor testimonies gathered from video archives compiled by a civil society organization. He further conducted interviews with survivors and victims.

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Congratulations to the 2024 APSA Award Winners

Political Science Now

Corwin Award for the best dissertation in the field of public law Recipient: Lucien Ferguson, Boston College Law School Title: “The Spirit of Caste: Recasting the History of Civil Rights” Harold D. Cohen, University of Chicago Hubert H.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills. Donate so that we can continue to organize events like these and defend the right of teachers across the United States to teach peoples history. Or plan a history walking tour, book exchange, rally, etc.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

Students first learn about Mississippi history in fourth grade, and that’s the first time they are supposed to delve deeply into the history of the movement to end racial segregation and discrimination. The Civil Rights Movement is a case history of what it means to be American, and what it means to exercise constitutional rights.”.

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Gaza’s Deaf Community in the Face of Genocide

Sapiens

Read more from the SAPIENS archives: “ Living as Stateless Palestinians in Jordan.” Rereading what I wrote then about deaf students at the ASDC while witnessing the flattening of Gaza 10 years later feels chilling—a visceral reminder that the history of Palestine, as numerous commentators have observed , did not begin on October 7, 2023.

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