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Conflicted Policies? Civil Rights and the War in Vietnam

Teaching American History

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Structure and Leadership Brochure. 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. Read the entire document, our scholarly introduction, and discussion questions here. December 6, 1963.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

His time in elementary school preceded both Johnson’s leadership at Collins Elementary and Duty’s in the district. She argues, in line with the international human rights position, that children are citizens, too, and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. We can say, ‘Is it the paddling, is it the spanking?’

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COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past?

The Hechinger Report

. “Heather” is once again a lightning rod as debates rage in Indiana over a Republican-backed bill that would allow schools and public libraries to be criminally prosecuted for books and other materials that contain obscenity, violence or pornography. Purple for Parents Indiana. It’s a reaction to social advances.”.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Sign Up to Host an Event Leadership These events are coordinated by the Zinn Education Project (coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change), Black Lives Matter at School , and the African American Policy Forum. In Pasadena, Maryland, organizers invited people to a banned books “photo booth” at a local library.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

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. Host an information table at a public site (such as a library, bookstore, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. Sign up today. The group can be any size.

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Teach Truth History Walking Tours

Zinn Education Project

Kansas City, Kansas The event began in the auditorium of the Kansas City Kansas Main Public Library where participants learned from local Palestinian-American organizers. For example, The NEA Black Caucus held its leadership conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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At Moms for Liberty’s national summit, a singular focus on anti-trans issues

The Hechinger Report

Memorial Library in downtown Washington. Liz King, who leads the education program for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, one of the counter-event’s sponsors, said Moms for Liberty is boxing people out rather than being inclusive. Well, we are all learning. It is OK to learn. But it is not OK to exclude.”

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