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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...

By: Abbey PleinI attended the Teachers in the Movement Institute at the University of Virginia in Summer 2019 to learn more about ways to connect historical content to both the community and the lived experiences of students. I also hoped to learn about history with...

Retrieved from Library of Congress. BIOG FILE - Du Bois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 [item][P&P]By: Mia BurtonPlace, space, and memory. Those are the words that stayed in my mind during my Teachers in the Movement Institute experience. As a...

Photo by Charles Moore. Retrieved from https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/firefighters-aiming-high-pressure-water-hoses-at-civil-rights-demonstratorsBy: LaNika BarnesAs a child, many of my fondest memories are connected to water. I have cheeky pictures that my...

Photograph shows a procession of African Americans carrying signs for equal rights, integrated schools, decent housing, and an end to bias. Retrieved from Library of Congress. LC-U9- 10364-37 [P&P]By: Hope AghaebrahimIn June 2019, I was honored to participate in a...

In just the past several weeks, school systems across the United States have, at last, taken the steps to elevate critical lessons from African-American history for our nation’s students. On January 1, Illinois launched a requirement that K-12 schools and community colleges…

In June 2016, I graduated from Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies, located in the Jackson Ward neighborhood. Author, Kelly Martin In the past couple decades, Maggie Walker has made a name for itself as one of the best college...

Author, Derrick P. Alridge In the days leading up to August 11 and 12, 2017, when white nationalists and white supremacists converged on Charlottesville, Virginia for the Unite the Right Rally, I was interviewing former civil rights era teachers in my hometown of Rock...

Author, Annie Weinberg I am far (very far) from being a parent, but I can imagine that parents frequently grapple with how much exposure their children should have to emotionally intensive stories and events. Recently in one of my classes, we discussed the topic of...

Although they are all around us, monuments and memorials to historically significant events and people are typically not at the forefront of my mind. However I find that when I travel, I often notice these structures in new places and compare them to what I know....