Danville and Pittsylvania County teachers gather for a summer training institute
Group led by Virginia State College professor and historian Luther P. Jackson (front row center). Photo courtesy of Ruth W. Isley.
Rock Hill, South Carolina educators:
Chester Boykin, Walter Roseborough, W.H. Witherspoon, D.C. McDuffie, JTW Mims, George Land, Richard Boulware. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Daisy McDuffie
A Teacher to Remember
Third Graders at West End Elementary School with Mrs. Jean T. Williams, Richmond VA circa 1960, Courtesy Foster Family Photos
10th anniversary celebration, 1954
West End Elementary School Teachers with PTA President Dr. F.M. Foster at 10th anniversary celebration 1954, Richmond VA. Courtesy Foster Family Photos
Teachers in the Movement explores teachers’ ideas and pedagogy inside and outside the classroom during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. From teachers themselves, we learn how their pedagogy, curricula, and community work were instrumental forms of activism that influenced the movement.
Our research is guided by several questions: Who were the teachers in the movement? What, how, and why did these teachers teach? How can recovering teachers’ stories inform contemporary teaching and schooling and impact teaching today? In responding to these questions, this website will serve as a repository housing the project’s oral histories and curricular materials (e.g., lesson plans, teachers’ biographical sketches, and teacher blogs) that will be of significance for K-12 education and university students and teachers in the commonwealth of Virginia, the United States, and beyond.
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History! Herstory! Yourstory! The Importance of Asserting Your Voice in the Making of History
By: Criszia Edmonds The Teachers in the Movement Institute empowered me not only as an educator but also as a Black woman in America. The power of the voice was a constant theme woven seamlessly throughout the week’s activities. Three specific messages resurface for...
Giving Voice to the Unheard in a Middle School Library
By: Kirsten Wall Throughout the week at the Teachers in the Movement Summer Institute, we read articles, heard lectures, and discussed the topic of how the Civil Rights Movement is taught in schools. K-12 curricula has often focused on specific stories about Martin...