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A century of Black history. Eleven years of bearing witness.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1259+ words) This year carried weight. It marked 100 years since Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, which became Black History Month. And it marked the 11th year of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Black History Month series, our annual effort to document, interrogate and celebrate…...
W. E. B. Du Bois challenged racist myths in 1900. We re-created his work.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (849+ words) There were whorls of bright red. Modernist swaths of green and black. A man with a piercing gaze. A young woman with an innocent smile. These visuals are what greeted visitors from across the globe who in 1900 stopped by an…...
Reimagining the work of W. E. B. Du Bois for a new century
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (500+ words) At the turn of the 20th century, W. E. B. Du Bois boarded a ship to Paris aiming to prove that Black Americans, newly freed and fiercely determined, could be measured not by caricature but by data, dignity, beauty and achievement. More than a…...
Why public schools need critical, humanizing teaching
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (299+ words) In a world so politically divided, there are many questions being asked by educators: How do we disagree intelligently? ew? stniop tnatropmi od eugra wo H htiw erehw ew stniopweiv pu stneduts wohs lacitilop? ytinutroppo kool gnitsartnoc moorssalc nac ta…...
Civics teachers are self-censoring, but political violence shows we need them
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (797+ words) As Georgia's students settle into new classrooms, the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, and the country absorbs yet another instance of horrific political violence with the Sept. 10 killing of Turning Point leader Charlie Kirk, the question is this: What are…...