Sam Hose. Thomas Moss. Elias Clayton. Keith Bowen. Jesse Thornton. William Little. Jeff Brown.
They are just seven names of thousands of black Americans murdered by lynching, many of which were included last week in a report from Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) that identifies victims of lynching between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and 1950. It's a list that could go on for pages and, yet, still to this day remains incomplete.
The history of lynching remains widely unknown today, especially among many white Americans.
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To Kill a Mockingbird,
Reconstruction,
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Teaching after mass violence, including acts of terrorism, is incredibly challenging.
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Antisemitism,
Democracy,
Choosing to Participate,
Human Rights,
Immigration,
Religious Tolerance,
Teaching,
Schools,
News,
Identity,
Genocide/Collective Violence
As I prepared to write this post, I had to confront the most difficult, yet most important, person that I would be in conversation with: myself.
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Students,
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Safe Schools,
Teaching,
Schools,
News,
Identity,
Teaching Resources,
Teachers
As a teacher, you carefully prepare for your students, plan your lessons, develop curriculum that will meet expectations of administrators, engage students, and build critical skills for academic success. And then, there are the news items – local or global – that capture students’ hearts and minds
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Facing History Resources,
Safe Schools,
Teaching,
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Race and Membership,
Teachers,
Civil Rights
Facing History and Ourselves is saddened to note the passing of Thomas M. Menino, Boston's longest-serving mayor, at age 71. Mayor Menino was a champion for civic and educational equality, and a longtime supporter of Facing History.
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Boston,
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Facing History and Ourselves
The recent row over Bill Maher and Ben Affleck's heated discussion of Islam on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher strikes me as an opportunity for a civic lesson–one rooted not in debating who is right or wrong, or who is bigoted or not, but one, that, in true Facing History and Ourselves fashion, is rooted in history. At Facing History, we have learned that history often provides a needed distance from which we can illuminate the present and inform more productive civic dialogue.
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Antisemitism,
Choosing to Participate,
Human Behavior,
Human Rights,
Facing History Resources,
Religious Tolerance,
News,
Readings,
Identity,
Facing History and Ourselves,
Teaching Resources,
History
Facing History and Ourselves is saddened to note the passing of longtime friend, mentor, and Facing History supporter Dr. Maurice "Ries" Vanderpol. Ries, as his friends and family called him, died on October 19, 2014.
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Facing History Together,
Holocaust,
Facing History and Ourselves,
Survivor Testimony,
Video
Facing History and Ourselves is pleased to share the following message to the Facing History community from Julie A. Leff and Tracy Palandjian, Co-Chairs of Facing History's Board of Directors, and Seth A. Klarman, Chair of our Board of Trustees.
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