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Slavery still shapes all of our lives, yet students aren’t taught its history

The Hechinger Report

Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote those words in her introductory essay to The 1619 Project , a special issue of The New York Times Magazine she edited that commemorates the 400-year anniversary of the arrival of 20 enslaved Africans who were sold into slavery to the shores of Virginia. Less than a quarter could identify how the U.S.

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

According to Britannica, Du Bois published 16 research monographs and the first-ever case study of a U.S. The National Women’s History Museum documents how Truth advocated for voting rights for all and argued that gender or race should not restrict any human rights. Black community.

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Traveling to the African Diaspora to prepare black students for college

The Hechinger Report

I applied and won, and that fall, the organization flew me to see the museum and meet the publisher of USA Today. She taught social studies and worked as the “dean of culture,” a role that allowed her to plan field trips and work with families on discipline issues. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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15 Women from World History Who Made a Difference

Studies Weekly

Later in life, she was one of the first women to work in Mexican archaeology and the first person to study the pre-Columbian site of Chalcatzingo. Impressed with her work, the national museum hired her as the director of archaeology. Her life proves women can not only break into male-dominated fields but excel in them.

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Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

The Hechinger Report

High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence. Trump showed up for the opening day of the new civil rights museum; one supporter looks at a list of those who were lynched. I personally love it because you know what?

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