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Remembering Sidney Poitier
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Kaitlin Smith
In January, the nation stood still as we learned that renowned actor Sidney Poitier passed away at 94 years old. Poitier was both an actor and an activist—and despite a mixed array of perspectives over the years on the ways that he represented Black people in film—he undoubtedly played a leading role in African Americans’ fight for civil rights and more positive media representations from the silver screen to the streets.
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5 New YA Books on Black History and Life
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Kaitlin Smith
Some members of the Facing History staff are exploring these five new books published within the last year, and we invite you to explore them alongside us and share your reactions with us. These 5 titles cover essential topics from Black history with young audiences and address contemporary experiences of young Black people.
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Black Athletes and Civil Rights: 6 Upstanders to Introduce to Your Students
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Facing History & Ourselves
Beyond the 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team immortalized in the film Cool Runnings, Black athletes have played more central roles at the Winter Olympics than many people might realize. As we cheer on the 2022 Black Olympians, Black History Month is a great time to look back on the impact that Black Olympians and other Black athletes have beyond the world of sports.
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Contracting and Re-Contracting in the New Year
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Facing History & Ourselves
Elizabeth Carroll, New England Program Director at Facing History, explores the value of contracting and re-contracting in January each year.
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Facing History on Martin Luther King Day: A message to our educators
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Roger Brooks
Martin Luther King Day is a moment for reflection and service; for considering the life and legacy of an extraordinary individual; and for recommitting ourselves to the unfinished work he championed. At a time of extraordinary bigotry and violence, Dr. King challenged all Americans to confront our history of racial discrimination, to open our eyes to injustice, and to be intentional about building a better future.
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9 Resources for Teaching about MLK's Legacy
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Julie Halterman
Here are 9 Facing History resources that can help you reflect on your own teaching practices, teach the history of the Civil Rights Movement, and explore contemporary issues around racial justice and democracy in the United States.
Impact Story
bell hooks Taught Us to Transgress
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Kaitlin Smith
Like many people of my generation who cut their teeth on the critical insights of bell hooks, news of her passing in December unleashed a wave of reflection for me about the ways she’s impacted me as a person and public scholar. Beyond the many moments of resonance I experienced while reading her writings over the years, her impact on me is most powerfully encapsulated in an experience I had in 2008 when I met her.
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African Americans and the History of "Human Rights"
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Kaitlin Smith
As a United Nations panel of experts is set up to investigate systemic racism and human rights abuses against Black people around the world, we explore a series of African American leaders who have invoked the language of “human rights” to underscore the urgency of their situation here in the U.S.
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5 New Books on Black History
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Kaitlin Smith
These titles cover themes in Black history that are closely connected to the themes of our educator resources including the significant roles of Black people in the construction of the U.S. and the implications of decisions to memorialize (or not memorialize) those events.
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Suffrage Matters: 7 Reads on Black Voting Rights and Activism
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Facing History & Ourselves
One way to deepen our understanding of voting rights is to consider the experiences of people who have been disenfranchised over the course of our nation’s history and into the present.
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Deep Dive into Black History: 12 Events + Resources for Educators
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Kaitlin Smith
Below is a curated list of classroom resources and educator-relevant events available from Facing History’s peer and partner organizations across the education space this month and beyond.
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Why and How to Teach Brown Girl Dreaming
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Kaitlin Smith
Facing History offers an overview and guide for Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, an ideal book to teach in the middle school classroom.