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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

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—Agatha I thought it was interesting in the book Half American that it was Black Americans who identified the threat from fascism long before much of the rest of the nation did, and who were among the first to see the war as an existential struggle between forces of fascism against the forces of freedom, democracy, and human rights.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

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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 teacher-led rallies received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement.

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Students Defend Human Rights

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His piece, “Israel’s War on Gaza Is Also a War on History, Education, and Children,” connects the attacks in the United States on teaching about race and gender to Israel’s attacks on children, schools, and historical memory in Palestine. The post Students Defend Human Rights appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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Teach Truth Day of Action

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This year many teachers and students are being attacked for speaking truthfully about Palestinians’ human rights. students who use their free speech rights to stand up for Gaza and call for a ceasefire, which is the road to peace for Israeli youth as well.” Mary Beth Tinker, Tinker v. Attend meetings, vote, run for office.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

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Created in 2010 and housed at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the Costs of War project builds on the work of over 60 scholars, experts, human rights advocates, and physicians from around the world. In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now!