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

Zinn Education Project

History class I teach a lesson about the African American experience in WWII using primary sources. Steph Schares Middle School Extended Learning Teacher, Ames, Iowa Half American by Matthew F. Delmont has completely changed the way I teach World War II and the Civil Rights Movement in my 12th grade government class.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

In the Canton Public School District, Howard Hollins teaches sixth-grade world geography and citizenship. He’s committed to impressing on Porter Middle School students how important that history is, especially in a city that was an epicenter of civil rights protests and violence.

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